** Sorry for such a long wait!**
For the next week, I busy myself with my studies and working on choreography for the festival with Mina, while teaching it to the rest of our dance team. It helped slightly to keep Bakugo and Todoroki off of my mind, but only for a little. I swear I could feel their eyes on me while they were helping their groups with the festival, but I pushed it aside. Whats bothering me the most is that Todoroki still hasn't said anything to me. I'm not use to this sort of silent treatment from him.
After our dance session ends, I make my way to my room for a shower. Then I take my books to the dinning area down stairs and return to studying. I notice Todoroki and Yaoyorozu studying too. I ignore them and bury myself into my school work. I am too focused to notice that Bakugo sat across from me, he watched me before turning his focus to his studies as well. We have midterms coming up after the festival and I want to keep up my good grades, maybe this time I'll come in second. I snap out of reading one of my text books upon hearing a small giggle. My eyes quickly dart to Yaoyorozu. She's laughing at something Todoroki said, she even has a pink tint to her cheeks. I feel my chest tighten as I watch them, I feel like I can't breath, that I'm drowning in darkness. I'm brought out of my thoughts when I feel a warm hand squeeze mine. I look at the hand on mine, still feeling lost and out of it. My eyes slowly follows the arm it belongs to, until I lock eyes with red ones. I quickly pull my hand away from his, as if it burned me. His features didn't change, he just gave me a look full of concern. I look away and back down at my books. "I've never gone this long with out talking with him." I muttered softly. "I'm not use to these silent treatments." I could feel him tensing up across from me. I look up slightly to watch him. "Don't start another argument, please." I beg him.
He looked at me, I could see anger reflecting in his eyes, then he relaxed again. "I don't like that he's causing you this much turmoil." His voice was soft and not filled with anger. I sigh softly. "I should just go and talk to him alone and clear the air." I rest my head in my hands. "I've never had to do something like this with him before. We've always been there for each other." "You've never had a fight?" I shake my head. "Never." I run my fingers through my hair. "I'm not use to seeing him and not talking to him."
I hear Bakugo shift in his chair, uncomfortably. "Uh...Um..." I glance at him, I've never seen Bakugo at a loss of words before. Is he blushing slightly? "What should we uh...dress up as for the dance?" He scratched the back of his head as he looked down at the table. I smile slightly at him as he is obviously trying really hard to change the subject. "I actually haven't given it any thought. Do you have any ideas?" He shifts uncomfortably again. "I've only ever dressed up as All Might." He mutters under his breath. I giggle lightly at the thought of him in a All Might costume. "I bet you made a cute All Might." I laughed harder, not being able to hold it in as his face turns bright red. I never knew that Bakugo could blush like that.
I rest my hand on his arm softly as I calm myself down. "I needed that, thanks." He gives me a small smile in return. "I do have some clothes at home from when I've cosplayed as a Hogwarts student." He looks blankly at me. "I wouldn't take you to be someone that was into Harry Potter." He states flatly. I smile nervously at him. "I'm a huge fan, I'm even in Slytherin." He grunts out a laugh. "I can't see you being a Slytherin." I blink blankly at him. "Why not?" "Cause you're not evilly enough." I glared at him playfully. "Not all Slytherins are bad." He chuckled at me, causing me to give him a blank look again before smirking. "Not all of us could have an attitude like yours, Bakugo." His jaw drops at me before he shouts. "I'd be a Gryffindor, to let you know?!" I can't help but laugh loudly at him, hunching over and hugging my stomach as tears form in my eyes. What made it funnier, was that he was completely serious about it too. "Stop that! Stop laughing!" I try to calm down, but I find it hard. I haven't laughed this hard in a while. I wipe away some stray tears as I take deep breaths. "I'm...Haha...So...Sorry. I couldn't help it." He just glared at me and I laugh softly. "I could totally see you being a Slytherin too, just cause you're more aggressive." He crossed his arms and huffs.
"What would I have to wear if we do this hogwarts thing?" I notice Todoroki looking our way, causing me to lose focus on Bakugo. I quickly shake my head and look at Bakugo once more. "Sorry, what?" Bakugo looks behind him and stares at Todoroki, who had his attention back on Yaoyoruzu then looks back at me. "I asked what would I have to wear." "Well You can basically get a way with wearing the school uniform. I even have a green tie you can wear." He groans. "I hate ties." I smile at him. "Its already pre tied, so you can wear it loosely if you wish." "Fine." "And I'll wear my school skirt and Slytherin cardigan." "That seems easy enough." I smile and clap my hands together. "There, we have our costumes sorted."
I look back at my books and groan. "I totally forgot about studying." I begin to pack up my books. "Too late to finish now." I yawn softly. "I'll help you tomorrow if you'd like." Bakugo offered."I smile at him once more. "I'd like that." Once we say good nights, I head up to my bed, giving Todoroki one more quick glance. Never noticing that he was watching me as I leave.
The next few days are the same, dance rehearsals followed by studying. This time Bakugo was off training, so I was able to finally focus on my work. That was, until Todoroki sat down with me. I looked at him, shocked that he was there. "Shoto?" He kept silent for a moment longer before speaking. "We should be training." Before I could even think about what I was going to say, I snapped. "That's what you say to me after weeks of not talking to me?" My voice grew loud as well as shaky, clenching my fist. Trying to remain calm as he looked away. "Look, I'm sorry. I guess I felt jealous." My mouth gaped open as I looked at him, I never thought he'd feel jealous. I then looked down at my books. "I was jealous too, you know." My voice grew softer. "But why?" Did he honestly have no idea? "Shoto, do you not know that Yao-Momo likes you?" "Yeah, I know. As a friend." I sighed and shook my head. "She likes you the same way I like you." "Did she tell you that?" I shook my head again. "She didn't have to, I see the way she looks at you." "And that made you jealous?" "Yes."
We both stay silent before he speaks up. "Well, I could say the same about Bakugo and you." I quickly look up at my books and look shocked at him. "No way, he only wants to make you jealous..." Right? "If that were true, he wouldn't have gotten so worked up about the way I treated you on the bus." Silence again. "Shoto.. I need to tell you something..." I bowed my head once more. "I do find Bakugo attractive and might even have a crush on him." I felt so guilty keeping these feelings from him. "This is exactly why I wanted you to experience such feelings before we spend the rest of our lives together." "I know, and I still love you, but...how do you feel towards Yaoyorozou." "How do I feel?" He seemed confused by the question. "Well, I do find her extremely intelligent and attractive. I just didn't think anything else about it." That makes me feel even more guilty. "I'm sorry, Shoto." "What for, you're allowed to have these feelings, Rika." "But.." I didn't know what I was going to say, but he placed a hand on mine. "I know, at the end of all of this, You and I will always be together." My eyes met his as mine began to fill with tears. I latched onto him and hugged him tightly. "Oh, Shoto. I've missed you so much." I sobbed into his shirt as he rubbed my back. "But I didn't go anywhere." He could be so dense sometimes, which caused me to chuckle slightly and pull away from him.
After our heart to heart, we felt like best friends again. We talked all the time, more me than him. He began training me, I was getting a better handle on my fire powers. He and I were even growing closer to Yaozorozou and Bakugo. Neither of us felt guilty anymore and we were sure to be open about our feelings. He finally admitted that he may have a crush on Momo after she gave him a kiss on the cheek. Though, Bakugo and I haven't been alone together since the hickey situation. As the festival grew closer, the whole class was working hard on the final preparations for the show. I was starting to feel nervous, but excited as well. I couldn't wait for the whole school to see our show.
Finally, the day we've all be working so hard for had arrived. We were all waiting nervously outside of the auditorium. Everyone couldn't wait to put on our show, some of us were practicing our dance moves, while others were putting the final touches on their outfits and special effects.
"Has anyone seen Midoriya? He hasn't retuned yet." Momo asked as she looked at her fellow classmates. I swore I heard Bakago go 'tch' as he looked away. Things seemed less hostile between the two since their fight, or was I imagining that? "I'm sure he'll be back soon." Uraraka reassured them. "I'm sure you're right." Iida agreed. I wasn't too worried, Deku always seemed to show up in the nick of time. I was more worried about dancing in front of the whole school. I've never performed before like this...fighting was easier than this.
Everyone grew more anxious as our time to go on stage grow closer and still no Midoriya. I glanced at the clock on the wall, fifteen minutes until we go on. I'm even beginning to grow worried. What sort of trouble could he possibly have got himself into this time? Just as Momo was about to tell Aizawa about Midoriya, the greenette came rushing up to us. The whole class stared at him in disbelief. Iida was about to question him, but Aizawa began to usher them onto the stage.
We all fell into our places with ease. As Jiro sang and the music began, the nervousness seemed to wash away. I moved to the beat and followed everything that Mina had taught me. I couldn't help but glance at Bakugo on the drums, he looked like he was actually enjoying himself. I tried to see if I could see Todoroki up in the rafters, but the lights were blinding. The crowd seemed to come to life as the special effects were added. The auditorium erupted as our performance came to a end, the cheers were deafening. Though that didn't stop the adrenaline that we felt or the smiles on our faces.
After we bowed to the crowd and rushed off of the stage, everyone one split up into groups and decided to check out the rest of the classes ended up doing for the festival. I headed over and checking out class 1-B's play. The play made absolutely no sense, but some how it worked. There were parts where I was laughing so hard that my stomach hurt and there were tears in my eyes. After I checked out the beauty pageant. Kendo of class 1-B and Nejire of the Big 3 had entered, they both looked amazing. Maybe I'll enter next year.
Next I headed out to the eatery that the senior classes put together, thought I'd get something to eat before I headed back to the dorm to get ready for the dance. I'm surprised I haven't run into my other classmates, I hope they were having fun. There was candy apples and cotton candy and bags of popcorn. I ended up settling on a beef teriyaki bento box. The beef melting in my mouth, I've never had anything quite like this before.
Once I finished my lunch, I cleaned up my trash and began to head out. I saw Izuku sitting with Mirio and the little girl they saved, she looked happy and was enjoying a candy apple. Seeing them looking all happy made me smile. I'm happy that Eri got to enjoy the day here. I head back towards the dorms, a smile still on my face. Today felt perfect, no drama and the sun was shining. It was the first peaceful day to me in a long time. I just hope this peacefulness lasts.
Upon entering the dorm, I was welcomed with a mad house of my classmates were running around and putting the final touches on their outfits. I rushed up to my room and was met with an impatient look on the blonde's face. "What took you so long?" I just give him a cheesy grin as I led him into my room. He was already in his school slacks. I didn't even wait for the door to shut as I started to toss off my uniform from the performance, unaware of the crimson eyes on me. I kept my back to him as I slipped into my Slytherin kilt, tucking in my blouse and pulling my cardigan over top. I turn too look at Bakugo finally. I swear he was blushing as I handed him the tie.
My eyes met his and I couldn't help but feel some sort spark between us. My fingers lingered along his tie as I fixed his collar, my eyes never leaving his. I felt as if we were moving closer, which scared me and caused me to push away. Taking a deep breath as I gave his chest a light pat. "We, uh, should get going or we'll miss the dance." "Would that be such a bad thing?" The huskiness of his voice sent shivers down my spine. It made me want to stay here with him, but I pulled away. "But then you would miss the looks the others will give us as we blow them away with our dance moves." My voice felt shaky and I bet he noticed too as I turned my back to him. He instantly pulled me against his chest and buried his face into the nape of my neck. His warm breath caused my breath to hitch in my throat and made goosebumps appear on my skin.
"Ba-" "Shh..Just let me have this moment." I relaxed against his chest, basking in this moment with him. My heart beating fast, once it calmed I pulled away. Looking at him once more. "We really should be going now Katsuki." I could tell he hesitated before her let me go. I smooth out my cardigan before looking over my shoulder at the blonde as he walks past me. His usual scowl painted on his face, throwing my door open and left. Not even waiting for me. I gasp and run after him, locking my room door behind me. I couldn't say I was surprised by his behaviour, this was who he is and I shouldn't be surprised.
Since he wasn't walking overly fast, I was able catch up. We walked in silence to the stadium where the sports festival was held. Students and teachers ad spent the afternoon decorating it up for Halloween. There was even games set up all around, like carving pumpkins and bobbing for apples. My face lit up as I saw a table with caramel and candy apples. "You sure do get excited easily." I snapped out my dreamy gaze as I looked up at the grumpy blonde. "You should try it sometime." "Tch, I have better things to do." I rolled my jade orbs as I silently mimicked him.
He then surprised me, he took my hand into his and pulled me to the dance floor. Pulling my body against his chest, a slow song that I didn't recognize was playing. I didn't even expect him to know how to slow dance. I was about to blush as I looked up at him, But Bakugo wasn't even looking at me. I was about to look to see what he was glaring at, but he blocked my view by spinning me and changing position. I could only assume that he saw Shoto. I tried to push him from my thoughts and focus on the one I was dancing with.
"Hey, I'm here with you. I'm not going to let anything ruin this night for us." I tried to reassure him, but I think i was trying to say that to myself more than anything. He even seemed to call me out on it by raising a brow at me. "Whatever you say, Fuji." We ended up to a couple more songs, whispers from other students around use could be heard. Though they didn't seem to cause Bakugo fly off the handle like the usually would of. "Want to grab some punch after this song?" Him asking even surprised me. He'd usually just drag me along with him. I nodded as I smiled up at him. "After that, can we go bobbing for apples?" He rolled his crimson eyes. "You can, I'll watch."
The punch seemed kind of funny, Bakugo betted that someone had spiked it and instantly disposed of our drinks and was able to grab us water instead. Who knew that he was such a boy scout in his own way? He watched me bob for apples. It was definitely harder than it looked. I may have cheated and used my quick to keep the apple in place as I sunk my teeth in. We even got a couple more dances in before we headed back to the dorm. Some of the students have also begun to leave, only leaving a few left to enjoy the end. I yawned softly as I looped my arm around Bakugo's and leaned on him. Exhausting was setting in, and wondered how he didn't seem as tired. I swore i felt him tense, but he relaxed quickly. I pulled away from him as we walked up to our dorm, Aizawa was standing there waiting for everyone to return.
He gave us a stern glare, but said nothing as we passed him. I sighed heavily as we entered the common room. Another surprise was Bakugo walked me to my room. He seemed to wait till I unlocked my door before pushing me inside. In a split second, his warm hands cupped my jaw and pressed his lips gently against mine. My heart betrayed me once again and skipped a beat as my smaller hands rested on his. Unable to deny him once again, I return the kiss. Only to have him pull away and leave, The door shutting softly behind him. Leaving me in confusion as I bring my fingers to my lips. That kiss felt different to the others. I couldn't stop thinking about it as I got ready for bed, I even woke up in the morning still feeling the phantom feeling of his lips against mine.