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A couple that will go down in legend
Chapter forty-five: How do I boyfriend?
Izuku and his mother Inko were having dinner over at the Bakugos place with their long-time family friends, Mitsuki and her son Katsuki. The topic of the conversation soon shifted to what Izuku and Katsuki had recently done with their class over at U.A. The boys apparently were taken on a field trip of sorts to see what sort of work pro heroes do that doesn't involve punching a villain in the face basically. They went over helping out at a food donation center under the eye of the pro hero Fat Gum, then how they and their class donated time at an autistic children's school, which was a center of sorts. At that center, they had met the pro hero Ryukyu.
Bakugo was just finishing up a story he had from when class 1-A was at the second location. "And that's when Frog Face kicked Grape Head in the ass before she spat on him," the ashy-haired boy said, an amused smirk on his face, "Believe it or not, Aizawa-sensei is not going to give Frog Face any grief over how she abused Grape Head."
"That…sounds a bit extreme on your classmate's part, Katsuki," Inko remarked, her tone showing that she was mildly surprised that not only did Tsuyu Asui act in such a manner, but that the class 1-A homeroom teacher was going to let her get away with it.
Izuku, with a bit of an unsure look on his face, remarked, "Well mom, in Tsuyu's defense, Mineta did essentially bully her little brother since he yelled at him." Rubbing the back of his head, the green-haired boy added, "…Plus, I'm fairly certain that it has to do with the fact that it was Mineta who Tsuyu kicked in the butt and then spat on. Also, Aizawa-sensei had brought Eri along, and it was Eri who started it by kicking Mineta right between his legs."
"That little girl sounds like and absolute treasure, sweetness," Mitsuki remarked, sounding genuinely touched by the behavior of the little horned girl that was taken in by the underground hero as a foster child. As Mitsuki was slicing a small bit of her steak she had on her plate off with a steak knife, the dinner party heard a knock at the door. Curious, Bakugo got up to go see who it was, with a similarly curious Izuku getting up to go see who it was as well.
The two boys got to the front door, with Bakugo being the one to open it. To the collective surprise of both Bakugo and Izuku, it was their classmate Kirishima, who had the decency to look embarrassed for having interrupted what was clearly dinner time. "Heh, sorry to bother you right now like this, dude," the crimson-haired boy said as he addressed Bakugo, "But I'm in a bit of a bind here." Giving a quick glance to Izuku, Kirishima added, "You might be able to help me as well, Izuku."
"Well something is obviously up, Kirishima," Izuku replied, sensing that Kirishima was urgently in need of help, "What do you need?"
Kirishima inhaled through his nose before exhaling. Clapping his hands together in a prayer-like gesture, Kirishima said, "Can you guys give me tips on how I can boyfriend?"
Both Izuku and Bakugo looked at Kirishima with confused looks, the latter especially so as he was once again confused by the behavior of one of his friends in his 'squad'. "…What are you on about now, Kirishima?" Bakugo asked.
"You guys know how I have finally at last got a girlfriend, right?" the crimson-haired boy began.
"Oh yeah," Izuku replied as both he and Bakugo nodded in the affirmative, "I got it from Juzo that you're now dating his classmate Kinoko."
"Yeah, well here's the thing," Kirishima said, an embarrassed look on his face, "I…have no idea what to do." A hint of pleading entering his expression, he went on, "I never thought that getting a girlfriend would actually happen to me. I have no idea what to do! Worse yet, Kinoko wants to do a date this Friday, and I have no idea how dates work! What if I screw things up, dudes?"
Kirishima would have continued on with his freak-out, but he was stopped when Bakugo reached out and laid a hand on his shoulder, getting his crimson-haired friend to calm down. "…I'll get Pony to convince Shrooms to make it a double-date," the explosive teen remarked, "She and I will go with you and Shrooms to wherever. Whatever you see me do with Pony should give you a few cues on what to do with Shrooms."
Izuku looked surprise that Bakugo, of all people, would come up with such a plan; did being in a relationship with the half-American girl really help to smooth out his rougher edges? Either way, the green-haired cinnamon roll was liking how his childhood friend was developing as a person, and hoped to see more maturing in this regard out of him. Kirishima, for his part, seemed both touched and relieved that Bakugo was looking out for him. "…That would actually be a big help, Baku-bro," Kirishima replied, thankful for Bakugo's help.
Patting Kirishima on the shoulder, Bakugo replied, "I'll talk to you more about it later. For now, we'd really like to get back to dinner."
"Oh, sorry again for the interruption," Kirishima replied as he nodded in acknowledgement before he turned around and took his leave, allowing Bakugo and Izuku to go back inside and get back to dinner.
After the boys sat back down at the table, Inko asked what had happened, with Izuku explaining that a classmate of his and Bakugo's simply came by to ask for dating advice. Mitsuki asked if she might be able to provide some help of her own by teaching said friend how to perform the very sex move that she did with her ex-husband that resulted in Katsuki's birth. The explosive teen himself snapped at his mother, saying that not only was his friend nowhere near at the point in his relationship to even consider sex, but that talk of sex during dinner was not the best thing in the world.
Inko, in a far gentler manner, agreed with Bakugo.
That Friday was the day of the double-date, where Bakugo would have Kirishima learn from watching him and Pony on how to interact with Kinoko. However, when Bakugo and Kirishima arrived to pick up their respective girlfriends from the class 1-B dorm building, they were both a bit surprised to see two more persons waiting for them; the girls' classmate Reiko Yanagi, and the boys' own classmate Todoroki.
"Umm…yeah, sorry Eijiro," Kinoko said in an embarrassed tone as she poked the ends of her index fingers together, "But I…sort of asked Reiko if she can come along with her boyfriend and make it a double-date so I can watch her example and learn what to do when I'm with you."
Before Kirishima spoke up, Bakugo marched up to Todoroki, threw and arm around his shoulders and led him off to the side to have a private talk with the half-and-half boy. Once he felt that they had enough privacy, the ashy-haired boy gave Todoroki a serious look. "Alright, IcyHot, here's the deal," Bakugo began, "I don't like you, and you don't like me."
"Actually, I don't care about you one way or the other," Todoroki remarked casually.
Bakugo starred at Todoroki silently for a few moments before he continued. "…Okay, I don't like you, and you're indifferent towards me," Bakugo said, "But regardless of all of that, we have to put it all aside and do what we can to help Kirishima here. This is the first date he's ever been on, and I'll be damned if things go sour for him." Pointing his right index finger at Todoroki, the explosive teen said, "You with me, IcyHot?"
To Bakugo's interest, Todoroki cracked a mildly amused smirk. "…I never thought I'd see the day that you'd go so this far for a friend, Bakugo."
Bakugo scowled a bit, unamused at how he was apparently amusing Todoroki. "Just don't mess things up, alright?" With that, the two boys broke the huddle and went back over to where the girls and Kirishima were waiting. "…Anyway, girls," Bakugo began, "I'm guessing that there's someplace specific that you'd like me, Kirishima and IcyHot to take you all to?"
"Oh, there's this movie that the girls here and I all want to see," Reiko remarked, drawing agreeing nods out of Pony and Kinoko. Taking that cue, the boys proceeded to take the girls to the movie theater to go watch that movie.
After watching a romantic comedy movie at the theaters, the six teens decided to go grab lunch somewhere. Thanks to connections that Todoroki had, he was able to get the party a reservation at a restaurant that was a few steps above a simple fast food joint. They ended up going to a nice Italian place in the same neighborhood that, during the monster siege, was threatened by some of the warmongers, who also tried to attack the bank there.
"Well this is certainly a pleasant surprise," the person working the welcome booth said as the six teens entered the Italian restaurant. Addressing Todoroki specifically, the restaurant employee went on, "Even though we got your call ahead of time, I'm still rather amazed that that someone from Endeavor's family would come in to enjoy the finest dining experience that any place here in the city can offer. Rest assured that we will do what we can here to make your lunch here as much of an experience as possible."
The half-and-half boy nodded in acknowledgement to the man as he showed the group to a table that could seat six. Shortly thereafter the teens got their menus, although Bakugo helped Pony with hers as she still had a little bit of trouble with the Japanese language. Around the time that the teens got their beverages, they heard an adult man's voice call out to them. Looking over to see who was coming by, they saw a well-dressed adult man come over, accompanied by a few men who looked to be business partners of his.
Out of the six teens, only Todoroki seemed to recognize who the lead man was. "Oi, IcyHot," Bakugo said to the dual-natured quirk boy while pointing to the lead man, "You recognize who this joker is?"
"Bakugo, this is Ryoga Yaoyorozu," Todoroki explained, "He's Momo's father."
Bakugo then turned his attention back to who had been revealed as Ryoga Yaoyorozu. The man was a notably handsome, yet at the same time rather serious looking, man around the same age as the parents of various students in U.A.'s classes 1-A and 1-B. Ryoga had his jet black hair combed and slicked back, and he wore a casual dress suit, matching pants, and shiny black shoes that seemed to be polished to perfection.
Bakugo gave the extraordinarily rich man a quick, indifferent glance. "…So you're Ponytail's daddy, huh?"
"He not my dad," Pony remarked, turning to look at Bakugo.
"No, I'm talking about my classmate Ponytail," Bakugo clarified as he emphasized the 'tail' part of the nickname he came up with for his wealthy classmate, "Not you, Pony."
Ryoga, with a curious look that held a hint of sternness, brushed off the…interesting…behavior of the heroes-in-training. "I…see," Ryoga remarked.
Gesturing to Todoroki, one of Ryoga's men, a dark brown-haired man who was a bit on the slender side, remarked, "Mr. Yaoyorozu told us that your father turned down the offer he made to him concerning you and Mr. Yaoyorozu's daughter."
Todoroki, with an annoyed look on his face, looked at Ryoga and his men while gesturing to Reiko. "I am with my girlfriend here," Todoroki said, "And I'm perfectly happy with Reiko."
"You shouldn't be so hasty, young man," another one of Ryoga's men, one who had light brown hair and had a bit of a paunch, remarked, "You could bring a lot of good reputation to your father, who don't forget is Japan's number one pro hero, by taking Mr. Yaoyorozu up on his very generous offer."
"I…" Todoroki said as he addressed the man with a paunch, "…Am perfectly happy…with Reiko." It was clear by the dual-natured quirk boy's tone that he was not happy with how the men in front of him and his party were essentially saying that he should dump Reiko and go out with Momo instead. Reiko was also upset, but not growing steadily angry like Todoroki; rather, she was looking close to start crying, partly out of embarrassment and shame. The other four teens at the table, who were all as similarly as upset as Todoroki, could tell how he and Reiko were feeling.
…However, the men were seemingly oblivious to how the teens were feeling. Ryoga was the worst of this example, and what he said next fully soured the dining experience that the teens would have otherwise enjoyed. "Are you sure?" Ryoga asked, "You could do better."
It was at that time that the waiter who was serving the teens' party came by with drink refills, as well as a few appetizers and a bread board. "Here are your appi-Oh!" The waiter stopped short when he noticed Ryoga and his party standing there. "Mr. Yaoyorozu, I take it that you're trying to invite Endeavor's son's party to join you?" the waiter asked.
"Actually," Todoroki said as he stood up, clearly sounding like he was trying to keep a lid on how outraged he felt, "My party and I have all decided that we want to leave now." To the waiter, Todoroki remarked, "We'll still pay for what we've ordered thus far. Please get the check ready for us." The waiter, clearly able to tell that Todoroki was upset, seemed worried that the staff at the restaurant may have been responsible; the manager may even fire the waiter if he feels it could save the restaurant any amount of face.
After Todoroki covered what the teens' party had ordered, the party of six moved to leave, but before they could leave they were held up by the manager of the restaurant, who clearly seemed worried about having upset someone from a rather influential family. Todoroki made it clear that the restaurant and its staff were in no way responsible, it was just another guest at the restaurant had made him and his party uncomfortable, enough so that they all wanted to GTFO of there, although Todoroki did not actually use the phrase 'GTFO'.
Bakugo did, however.
"Wow, guys," Kirishima remarked, clearly sounding very much unamused, "Yaoyorozu's dad really is a right proper piece of work, isn't he? I'm glad that Yaoyorozu doesn't take after daddy dearest in the least."
Bakugo gave a nod and grunt of agreement. "You got that right, Kirishima. Ponytail's got a lot to answer for when we next see her." With an amused smirk on his face, Bakugo turned to face Todoroki and remarked to, "Hell, if it were me whose shoes he was pissing on rather than you, then I'd probably hit him in the face, either by blasting him with an explosion or just straight up slugging him with a good old fashioned punch."
"Given that he is Japan's wealthiest man, you'd undoubtedly get into a lot of trouble if you did that," Todoroki pointed out. The dual-natured quirk boy looked down at his right hand, which was clenched into a fist. "…Although since I was barely able to keep myself from doing more or less the same, I don't think I'm one to talk."
"Lunch at fancy place was clearly bust," Pony said, "Maybe we try other place instead?"
As the girls, notably a still upset-looking Reiko, were asking about a sweets café that they were interested in, the party of six ran into a party of four of their schoolmates outside of a costume shop. The group of six were surprised to see Izuku and Shinso from the boys' class, and Yosetsu and Juzo from the girls' class, walking out of the costume shop together. Seeing a group of their schoolmates all out like that, the girls greeted the group of four boys.
"Oh, sup Pony, Reiko, Kinoko," Yosetsu greeted as he and Juzo waved hello to three of the girls in their class over at U.A., "Yeah, me and the boys here were returning some mariachi costumes that we rented from here, and after this we have to go return some trumpets and an acoustic guitar that we borrowed from Jiro's folks."
While the girls all nodded in understanding, the boys all looked on in confusion. "…The hell were you, Eye Bags and the other two up to, Deku?" Bakugo asked as he addressed Izuku.
"Oh, Yosetsu wanted some help in doing some big romantic gesture to Yaoyorozu in the hopes he could convince her to go out with him," Izuku began to explain, "As such he asked us to be the backup music players in a mariachi performance he decided to go with."
"We just finished returning the mariachi costumes that we rented from this costume shop here, although we couldn't get the deposit back on the costume I wore since Eri accidentally got some pudding on it while I was taking a shower," Shinso remarked.
"We spent three days practicing the music Yosetsu chose in order to serenade the girl that he has a crush on," Juzo remarked. Shaking his right fist in the air, Juzo yelled, "THREE DAYS!"
Bakugo, Kirishima and Todoroki all were completely lost on not only what Yosetsu did, but how he apparently got Izuku, Shinso and Juzo to help him with it. The girls, for their part, all liked how Yosetsu tried to appeal to a girl with a grand romantic gesture. Giving himself a slap to get back to focus, Todoroki said, "Well, so long as you know what you're doing, Yosetsu."
Nodding in confirmation, Yosetsu said, "Well here's hoping that Momo agrees to go out with me. She hasn't accepted or turned me down yet, so I'm a bit nervous on what her answer will be when she gets back to me." The party of four boys took their leave, with Juzo saying that he would tear Yaoyorozu a new one if she turned Yosetsu down, on the basis that 'he did not want the three days he spent practicing mariachi music to go to waste'.
After the group of four boys had left, the six teens all turned to look at each other. "…You think we should have told them what happened at the restaurant?" Reiko asked.
"I'm pretty sure that they'll find out after we grill Ponytail about how much of an absolute ass her daddy decided to be right in front of you and IcyHot, Ghost Girl," Bakugo replied, drawing nods of agreement out of Todoroki and the others in the group.
Later, the group of six teens decided to go to a local park to just hang out. Kinoko, who was sitting on a swing, was looking down at her lap as she slowly swung back and forth. On her left was Pony, and on her right was Reiko; the boys went across the street to the convenience store there to grab a few snacks. As the girls hung out and waited for their boyfriends to return, the mushroom expert of class 1-B let out a mildly troubled sigh.
Kinoko's distress did not pass either Pony or Reiko unnoticed. "…A yen for your thoughts, Kinoko?" Reiko asked, trying to sound as helpful and supportive as possible.
The brown-haired girl let out another sigh. "…I'm just worried about Eijiro, is all." Reiko and Pony both turned to look at Kinoko as she explained herself. "I mean, I'm actually dating him now, but I'm afraid that I might screw up somehow and make him lose interest in me. I already came so far, but what if something pops up that ruins all that I've worked towards, all that I've been hoping for since the-"
"You not screw up, Kinoko," Pony said, cutting her friend off. "You are no screw up. You are good person. You mean well. You kind. You honestly care for and love Kirishima. He knows how you mean. I certain he understands where you come from." The half-American girl gave her timid friend a thumbs-up and a smile. "You got this, Kinoko."
"Pony's got a point," Reiko went on, making Kinoko turn to face her. The ghost girl gave a calm, mildly amused smile. "I actually got it from Todoroki that Kirishima is worried that he might screw up with you the way you're worried you might screw up with him. That red-haired doofus is trying to pull out all the stops in being, as Todoroki told me were Kirishima's own words, a 'truly manly gentleman'."
"Gentleman…" Pony said, a hint of curiosity on her face, "…Oh! Bakugo say that Grape Boy is opposite of gentleman!" The other two 1-B girls all giggled in agreement with Pony, who joined them in giggling along as well. It was at that point that the boys came back from getting snacks at the convenience store. Seeing that the girls were giggling, the boys asked what was so funny, only for Reiko to tell them what Pony said about what Bakugo said about Mineta.
The ashy-haired boy himself let out an amused chuckle. "Heh, yeah I don't trust that little gremlin in the least. Hell, I bet that there are many who can't trust the perverted purple prick as far as any of them can throw him. Kaminari even told me that he's planning to try to distance himself from Grape Head little by little over the coming times." Bakugo crossed his arms over his chest, shook his head in a disappointed manner. "Sorry, but Grape Head is the worst."
Reiko held up a hand to cut off any further argument from Bakugo. "No, no, the girls and I all agree with you," the ghost girl said, "And not just us three girls here at the park, but every girl in class 1-B cannot stand your classmate Mineta." The ghost girl turned to look at Todoroki. "You and the boys will keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't act lewd towards us, won't you?"
"If he does, I'll grab him by his holy land, flash freeze it as if it were dipped in liquid nitrogen, then crush it with my bare hands," Todoroki offered.
"I'll take my socks and shoes off so I can not only kick him in the balls while barefoot, but use my quirk through the foot that I use to kick Grape Head in the balls," Bakugo said, "That way, I will both kick him in the balls and explode them at the exact same time."
Kirishima, with a curiously surprised look on his face, turned to look at the other boys. "Wow, I just realized that Mineta's manhood has been attacked quite a lot. At least ever since we had that tournament a while ago against Vulcan."
"So you won't defend your girlfriend's honor if Mineta ever acts like a pervert towards her?" Todoroki asked as he raised an eyebrow at the hardening quirk boy.
Kirishima pounded his right fist into his left hand while using his quirk to harden both his hands and his forearms. "Oh, I'll still hit the dude if he creeps on Kinoko, however I'd probably favor punching him right in the face. While I have Red Riot Unbreakable active." Kirishima's response seemed to be satisfactory to Bakugo and Todoroki. The girls, for their part, were all amused by how their boyfriends had just described how each of them would punish their class's infamous pervert if said pervert ever acted lewd towards the 1-B girls.
(Wherever he was in the city, Mineta felt a shiver go up his spine.)
The following morning over in the common area in the 1-B dorms, the girls of 1-B were hanging at the island counter in their kitchen, having breakfast as they talked. There were no classes that day, so the girls were free to hang. "Oh Reiko, Pony, Kinoko," Itsuka began, getting the three girls she asked for to turn to look at her, "How was the triple date yesterday?"
"Oh hells yeah," Setsuna remarked as she and the other girls all leaned closer to hear what their classmates how went on the triple date had to say, "We all want the details."
"It was quite lovely," Reiko remarked, "There was one incident during lunch, but Todoroki was quick to resolve it and get me out of there." A look of guilt, mixed with a dash of worry, crossed the ghost girl's face. "…I was also reminded how a guy that I fully acknowledge is way above me socially speaking wanted to be with me anyway. I'm worried that someone may attempt to get him to leave me."
Itsuka snorted back a laugh at Reiko's worry, making her turn to face her. "Reiko, there's no need to worry about that," the class rep of 1-B replied, "From what I heard, Todoroki made a bigger goof out of himself in his efforts to win you over than Yosetsu made a goof out of himself in his efforts to get Yaoyorozu to notice him. Hell, he made his dad shell out extra for all of the upgrades your bedroom at your family's house got when the neighborhood was rebuilt." The other girls all nodded in agreement with Itsuka.
Reiko, who was blushing out of mild embarrassment, apologized for worrying so much, but Setsuna slapped her on the back and told her not to sweat the details. Reiko nodded in agreement with her, even remembering how Todoroki stood up for her at the restaurant, how he made it clear to Ryoga Yaoyorozu that he (Todoroki) was with Reiko and was happy that way. Reiko still couldn't believe how much the son of Endeavor cared for her.
Setsuna, with a sly look, turned her attention over to Kinoko. "But we've yet to hear from the girl of the hour herself, given that she finally got her dream guy to go out with her and the two of them went out on a date." Kinoko was blushing when the other girls all turned to look at her. "Come on, Kinoko," Setsuna said with that same sly look of amusement, which seemed to have seeped into her tone and words, "Spill it. How was your time with Tetsutetsu's clone?"
"First off, I'd prefer it if you didn't insult Eijiro, even if you meant is as a joke," the mushroom girl began, a look of mild annoyance on her face, "Second off, I-"
"YAHOOHOOHOOHOO!" a random lame voice cheered, cutting Kinoko off and making her and the other 1-B girls all turn to see what was going on. When they did, they saw their classmate Yosetsu running and dancing around like he was at a rave party. Other 1-B boys, those being Tetsutetsu, Juzo and Artemis, followed after him for a bit before they stopped and just stood there, watching as Yosetsu danced around as if in celebration.
When Tetsutetsu, Juzo and Artemis all turned to look at the girls, they saw that all of them looked confused as all get out. Jerking a thumb at Yosetsu, Artemis said in the driest of tones, "Yeah, our buddy here was just told by that Yaoyorozu girl in 1-A that he has a crush on that she wants to go out with him." Shrugging with a confused look on his face, Artemis went on to say, "I believe that I heard something about Yaoyorozu's dad doing something to piss her off, and that she agreed to be Yosetsu's girlfriend partly because she wants to spite daddy dearest."
"And thank goodness for that," Juzo said in a firm but relieved tone as he crossed his arms over his chest, "I did not want the three days I spent practicing mariachi music to go to waste."
As Tetsutetsu proceeded to ask Juzo about the mariachi music, the 1-B girls all turned to look at each other with looks of confusion. Of all the examples of interclass dating, the now official pairing of Yaoyorozu and Yosetsu seemed to have gotten off to an…interesting…start. Either way, the girls were all very happy to see a little bit more love had just bloom in the halls of U.A.
END, CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
Author's notes;
Well now, I was finally able to cover a bit on one of the main ships that I wanted to do in this story, where Kirishima is hooked up with class 1-B's resident mushroom expert. Some may see that as an odd pair, but hey, I've done odd pairs in this story before; hell, this story started with Izuku being hooked up to Mitsuki. Speaking of, their relationship will see a bit more work in the next chapter, as both of them are helping Bakugo with something he's doing to help Inko.
Hey, I know that this is the arc were romantic relationships get the spotlight, but not all relationships in this story are romantic. In fact, one of my favorite relationships that I worked in here is the one of platonic, familial care between Bakugo and Inko. Because he views the green-haired woman as something of a grandma-figure is why Bakugo goes to the lengths that he will go to in order to help Inko in the next chapter.