Later Friday evening, when everyone had eaten some food and Denki had fully charged the band got together to practice. They had worked out a melody for the song they wanted to play, they just had to write some lyrics, but they planned to leave that for another day.
Hoshi had squished herself underneath Katsuki's chair, striking out at his feet every time he shifted too close. Dark Shadow floated behind Tokoyami, occasionally drifting down low enough to pet Hoshi's flicking tail.
Denki was a little jittery, he couldn't stay still, and he was constantly fidgeting. He kept messing up the notes, blaming Katsuki for his mistakes with a smirk on his face and a call of "From the top." He was lucky Jirou was infatuated with him and Katsuki was too tired to care.
"We should play tomorrow, at the party." Denki said.
"We haven't practiced any other songs." Jirou said.
"We could just jam, you know, play something easy."
"Nah, if we play at the party then 1.B will get to see what we're doing." Katsuki said. "We don't want to let them know."
"Bakugou has a point." Tokoyami said. "I'd rather us not perform in front of a crowd until we're ready."
"Fine," Denki shrugged. "It was just an idea."
"It was a good idea." Jirou said, "Maybe we could have a party at Christmas a play then?"
"Oh yeah that sounds awesome." Denki replied, with a smile. "Man, I'm buzzed."
"Maybe you charged too much?" Momo asked.
"Probably." Denki shrugged. "It's all a little difficult to work out. I'm not a phone, I don't have a little "minutes until fully charged" meter. It's all guess work."
"I guess I hadn't thought about it." Katsuki said.
"It's fine, I'll just workout or something to burn off the extra energy." Denki said. "Or I'll just annoy Shinsou for a bit."
"When he punches your teeth out, don't blame anyone but yourself." Katsuki said.
"Pff, he won't punch me." Denki said. "Brainwash me to punch myself, maybe." Katsuki snorted.
"Yeah that sounds more like him." Katsuki said, stifling a yawn.
"Why don't we call it a night?" Jirou said. "Besides from Denki, we're all tired."
"Kacchan wants to go cuddle with his boyfriend." Denki laughed.
"Yeah, I do. What of it?"
"Just saying." Denki shrugged.
"Would anyone like some tea?" Momo asked, turning off the keyboard. "I was going to make some sleepy time tea."
"No thanks, Momo." Katsuki said, putting his drumsticks in the clip provided on the kit.
"I'll have a cup, Momo." Jirou said.
"I'll go get started then." Momo replied navigating her way through the instruments.
"Tokoyami, Dark Shadow, Kaminari?" Dark Shadow chirped at his name.
"We're fine, thank you." Tokoyami said, beckoning with his hand for Dark Shadow to come closer. The demon did and Tokoyami immediately pet Dark Shadow's beak, making him purr and nuzzle into Tokoyami's hand. Katsuki smiled.
"I'm good, I don't really like tea." Denki said. "I'm more of a coffee kind of guy."
"Blasphemy." Momo said with a smile as she went to leave. Tokoyami and Dark Shadow followed her, leaving Katsuki, Kyouka and Denki alone. Katsuki could recognise Jirou's desire to talk to Denki alone, however, Hoshi was refusing to move from under his stool. He knelt on the floor, trying to get a hold if her.
"Denki?" Jirou asked, she twizzled her earphone around her finger.
"Mhm?" Denki placed his guitar back on the stand
"Erm, I was wondering… if after our performance at the Culture Festival… Well would you like to go around the rest of the festival together… Like a date…" she trailed off. Katsuki tried to fight against his smile. Hoshi meowed at him but once again he dodged his grip.
"You're being serious?" Denki asked, his voice clearly excited.
"Yeah… Unless you don't want to… I don't know, maybe it was a stupid idea."
"No. It's a great idea Kyouka. I'd really like to go on a date with you." Denki said. Jirou let out an embarrassed little laugh before nodding.
"Great." She said. "Erm, I should go find Momo."
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow." Denki said. Jirou smiled before leaving the room. Katsuki was finally able to get close enough to Hoshi, grabbing her scruff and pulling her towards him. She hissed at the action.
"Yeah, well if you behaved, I wouldn't have to grab you like that. I hate it too." He said, scooping her up and rising to his feet.
"Kacchan, did you hear that? Kyouka asked me out." Denki said, a large smile on his face.
"It was about of time one of you did. You've been pining after each other for months. Tenya was making more moves on Uraraka then you were on Jack." Katsuki said, right as Hoshi sunk her teeth into his shoulder, teeth piercing through his shirt and flesh. "Son of a bitch." Katsuki growled. "I get it, I get it, no scruff."
"Look, I didn't want to say anything in case she thought I was being pervy or something." Denki shrugged.
"She likes you for you." Katsuki said. "So just be yourself."
Saturday's remedial classes were pretty much a review of their progress so far. It became clear to Katsuki that himself and his classmates were the best at the remedial classes. They had completed every task they had been set, over the two months they'd been in the classes. Camie and Inasa were doing well too, but the other students seemed to be struggling with the rigorous schedule. One student had even dropped out.
Surprising all of the student's gathered, this week's class was a lecture, not a training exercise. Gang Orca wanted to discuss with them the protocol of rescue missions, seeing as the reason they were there was because they failed the rescue portion of the original exam.
Katsuki found the whole thing boring, especially because he technically didn't fail because he couldn't save someone, just that he'd gotten hurt. Yet he still paid attention. He made notes and went over everything Orca had to offer.
Shouto was in an equal state of boredom, knowing everything already as Aizawa had covered it before. Hitoshi on the other hand, was much more focused, making more comprehensive notes. Katsuki supposed they must have learnt all of this before he had joined the class.
Once it was over, the three of the had to try and locate Aizawa. They made their way up the stairs to the viewing area above the compound. One other teacher was still in there, standing awkwardly by the door.
"U.A. right?" the teacher asked.
"Yeah." Katsuki said.
"Is this normal?" He asked, pointing to the corner. Aizawa was curled up in a ball, his yellow sleeping bag wrapped snuggly around him, he was asleep.
"Erm, yeah. It's normal." Katsuki said.
"Sensei." Hitoshi called and Aizawa opened his eyes, slowly as if he'd been awake the whole time, just with his eyes closed. "We can go."
"Good." Aizawa said, standing up straight in the sleeping bag, before unzipping it and stepping out. He looked directly at the other teacher. "I'm entirely normal." He said with a completely dead expression. The other teacher nodded before dismissing himself and leaving the room.
"Nice nap?" Shinsou asked.
"I didn't sleep well last night, leave me alone." Aizawa grumbled.
"Are you okay?" Katsuki asked.
"I'm fine. I was on edge because of the attack on U.A. Hizashi had his radio show last night, so it was just me, Eri and my Mother. I just couldn't sleep." Aizawa shrugged. "I'm fine, just tired. Nothing new."
"Are you still okay to go to the store?" Shouto asked.
"Yeah. It's fine." Aizawa said, folding up his sleeping bag. "Let's go."
He led them to the exit, all of them eventually piling into his car. The supermarket was halfway between U.A. and the training compound, it wasn't that far, and it didn't take long for them to get there.
"Are you dressing up, Aizawa-sensei? It is a costume party after all?" Shinsou asked.
"I'm coming with Mic and Eri, you think I have a choice?" Aizawa said.
"What you going as?"
"You'll see."
"Aww no fair." Shinsou said,
"You'll find out it a couple of hours." Aizawa laughed as they went inside the supermarket, Katsuki and Shouto trailing behind. Shinsou got a trolly and pushed it behind Aizawa.
"Momo said we needed apples and pumpkins, right?" Katsuki asked.
"Yeah," Shouto nodded. "And some more decorations."
"I want to get some stuff to bake some sugar cookies." Katsuki said. Aizawa nodded.
Aizawa picked up 7 packets of apples and placed them in the trolly.
"So many apples." Shinsou said.
"There's 44 people coming, you need that many apples. Especially seeing as Eri will steal as many apples as she can physically get a hold of." Aizawa said.
"Really?" Katsuki asked.
"She's like a little dragon with a hoard of apples." Aizawa shook his head. "She was hiding one under her pillow as a "just in case apple". It went soft and we had to change all of her bed clothes."
"Kids are weird." Shouto said. Aizawa hummed.
"How many pumpkins?" Hitoshi asked.
"Momo said ten. Not everyone wants to carve one." Shouto said.
"I bet Eiji is one of those that does." Katsuki sighed.
"Oh yeah, you're going to have to carve one, you're on the list." Shouto said and Katsuki whined.
The four of them walked through the store, picking up a few more decorations for the dorms. Katsuki gathered all of the ingredients he needed for the cookies and Aizawa picked up some cat treats shaped like bats, pumpkins and skulls.
"They're cool." Katsuki said
"Mhm." Aizawa hummed. "Sponge likes biscuits." He said, putting them in the trolly. "The other two will eat them, but he goes mad for them."
"I might get some for Hoshi." Katsuki said. "I don't really give her food treats; I treat her with attention."
"Some cats prefer affection." Aizawa shrugged. "Sora was like that. She always wanted a cuddle."
"How are you coping?" Katsuki asked quietly.
"I'm okay, Bakugou. It's been tough, but you know, it's something you prepare for when you get a pet. You know you're likely to outlive them." Aizawa said as they walked through the aisles. "I miss her. She was important in so many ways, but I knew I'd have to let her go."
"I'm sorry." Katsuki said.
"Thank you." Aizawa said, patting Katsuki on the shoulder.
"If you need anything, Sensei, you can come to us." Shinsou said. "I know we're your students, but it works both ways."
"Thanks." Aizawa said. "Come on, we need to pay for this shit."
Aizawa paid for the items at the four of them used the trolly to carry everything to the car. 10 pumpkins along with everything else was a bit of a squeeze. They then all got into the car before driving back to the dorms. Aizawa parked right outside the dorms so they didn't have to make multiple journeys to get everything out.
When they came inside with the first lot of items they were greeted to the sight of Mina, Denki and Sero hanging up fake cobwebs, singing "Bump in the Night" in butchered English at the top of their voices. Aizawa simply shook his head. Placing the items on the table before heading out to get more. Shouji and Iida followed the original four out, emptying the car of all their purchases.
"I'll be back at about six with Mic and Eri." Aizawa said before leaving. "You've got everything you need, right?"
"Yes Sensei." Momo said. "Anything we don't have I can make."
"Bring more snacks." Mina shouted from where she was stood on a table, hanging cobwebs on the light.
"We'll see." Aizawa said. "Be careful."
"I'm fine. If I fall, I'll take out Aoyama."
"I am startling to believe you dislike me, mon ami." Aoyama frowned.
"Nah man, we're cool." Mina said. Aoyama tutted, brushing his hair behind his ear.
"I'll see you later." Aizawa said, turning to leave, triggering a chorus of "Goodbye Sensei."
Katsuki unpacked everything in the bags, leaving the pumpkins and apples on the table and taking the cookie ingredients in the kitchen. He then took the cat treats and went up to his room. He was somewhat surprised to see Eijirou in his bed.
"Ei?" Katsuki said, making his boyfriend look up from his phone. Hoshi was curled up asleep in the space between his arms. "Haven't you gotten up yet?"
"I did. I had some cereal. And then I came back to bed." Eijirou said.
"Are you okay?" Katsuki asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Mhm. Everyone's just loud and I wasn't really feeling it." Eijirou said with a half shrug.
"I get that." Katsuki said, taking Eijirou's hand, bringing it to his lips and kissing his knuckles. "Are you just gonna stay here until the party?"
"I should probably help decorate." Eijirou sighed. "I'm excited for it, but also, I'm like, really not in the mood to be around people."
"Why don't you help Satou and me make the buffet?" Katsuki said. "We have a little while before we need to do anything. We can stay here a little longer, and then if you have enough you can say that you need to go shower and change into your costume."
"I need Mina's help to change into my costume." Eijirou said.
"I can help."
"No, it needs to be Mina." Eijirou said, "My costume is a surprise. I don't want you to see until I'm all done up."
"You know what I'm dressing up as." Katsuki pouted.
"Mhm, my big bad wolf." Eijirou said, sitting up and bringing their lips together. "I bet you're gonna look hot as hell."
"I mean, duh, I'm me." Katsuki teased, leaning forwards to kiss Eijirou again. The redhead laughed.
"I like the idea of helping you and Satou cook." Eijirou said. "I can't cook well, but I can make sandwiches."
"Good." Katsuki said, climbing over Eijirou's body to settle in the bed next to his boyfriend. It took a little awkward manoeuvring to get under the covers. But once he was in there, they cuddled together, Eijirou as the little spoon for once.
"How as your class?" Eijirou asked.
"Boring." Katsuki said, nuzzling into Eijirou' messy hair. "It was just a talk."
"Oh." Eijirou said. "You haven't got much longer left, right?"
"I don't know." Katsuki said. "Gang Orca said there's going to be a written exam, but I'm not worried about that though. I know the material and I always do well on tests. I just don't know physically what he'll want us to do. You know, like the maze was exhausting, I don't know what more we can do."
"I'm sure you'll do well. You guys have done so much more than the rest of us to get your License. I don't think it's fair that you haven't got one yet"
"Your biased." Katsuki laughed.
"Maybe, but it's true."
"That's not what biased means."
"Shh, let me praise you." Eijirou said, rolling over, kissing his chest.
The two of them stayed cuddled together for almost an hour before the group chat blew up.
Alien Queen:
Ground Zero, Red Riot, Hitoshi, Shouto
Where the fuck you at?
Chargebolt:
Slackers
Deku:
Kacchan, Shouto and Shinsou had their classes. They might be tired
Uravity:
You Bakugou and Deku comes to the rescue
Deku:
He's my brother, I'm gonna defend him. Especially if he's sleepy.
Ground Zero:
I'll fight you all.
Thanks 'Zuku.
Also you're all too loud for me and Red.
We'll be down to help Sugarman cook
Sugarman:
Nice! I'll start in 20 mins
Ground Zero:
We'll be there.
Alien Queen:
Wait, where's Red Riot?
Red Riot:
I'm here.
Just tired. Sorry.
Chargebolt:
Woah, Ei.
Don't worry about it. You rest if you're not feeling great.
Red Riot:
I'm going to help Katsu and Satou
Chargebolt:
Good plan man x
Katsuki and Eijirou went downstairs 15 minutes later to hep Satou to cook. Eijirou was on the receiving end of quiet a few concerned looks seeing as he was still in his pyjamas, but he didn't notice.
Katsuki, Eijirou and Satou got to work preparing a buffet of food; a mixture of tiny sandwiches and sushi, little pork pies and quiches made from scratch. Cocktail sausages and scotch eggs, chunks of cheese and pineapple on sticks. Katsuki made some curry and some stew for those who wanted a more substantial meal.
They made little cupcakes and when they were cool Satou helped Eijirou decorate them in a spooky style; pumpkins, ghosts, black cats and skulls. Katsuki made a couple of batches of brownies and blondies, saving the cookies to make later.
Crisps and sweets were poured into in separate bowls and placed on the set-out tables, along with bottles of different fizzy drinks with jugs of black currant and orange squashes.
The common room was covered in fake cobwebs with plastic spiders nestled inside. Skeletons hung from the walls and bats from the ceiling. Pumpkin shaped fairy lights were pinned to the walls, casting the common room in an orange glow.
Then everyone disappeared into their rooms to change. Katsuki's costume was relatively simple; a pair of dark ripped jeans and an off-white t-shirt. He had a long green coat with a fluffy white collar and frayed edged.
He had a headband with wolf ears; blond around the tips, fading to brown the closer to his skull they got. He also had a blond tail he attached to the back of his jeans. He'd worn this costume several years in a row, he couldn't be bothered to change it.
He wore, on his left wrist, a bracelet that looked like a shackle and around his neck he wore a thick, red, leather dog collar with several links of chain attached to it. Then he moved on to his makeup. He chose to go for a heavy smokey eye, gold fading to black.
He had to say, he looked pretty good. He hoped Eijirou thought so, he had something special planned for tonight, as long as Eiji was up to it. Giving himself one that look over, running his hand his hair, before leaving to go downstairs.
There were plenty of people down there; Aoyama was dressed in a red and white striped jumper with a red and white bobble hat, clearly dressed as "Where's Wally". Ojiro strutted around in a dinosaur costume and Denki was a little devil.
Shouto looked hauntingly beautiful dressed as a vampire, his hair slicked back with a cape. Momo stood next to him, in an entirely accurate Western Medieval knight's costume, one she must have made under her Quirk. And Izuku was wearing a sheet.
"What the fuck Deku?"
"I'm a ghostie." Izuku shrugged.
"Fucking adorable." Katsuki rolled his eyes.
"And you're a dog." Izuku said.
"Werewolf." Katsuki corrected, narrowing his eyes.
"Dog." Izuku said again.
"Wolf." Katsuki replied turning to face the ghost.
"Now, now Kacchan, be a good boy." Izuku said with a smirk.
"Oh I'm gonna kill you." Katsuki growled.
"Wait Kacchan, look, a kitty." Deku pointed at Shinsou, who was wearing some form of bodysuit with cat ears and a tail. He'd drawn a black nose on his nose and whiskers on his cheeks.
"Nyan." He said when he approached.
"Oh go fuck yourself." Katsuki said.
"Well, you are leaning into the whole cat vs dog thing."
As time went on more and more people came down, Sero was dressed as Spiderham, Uraraka a witch and Tenya was Frankenstein's monster. Jirou came down the stairs dressed in a stunning Queen of Hearts costume, making Denki trip over when he saw her. Mina came down next, dressed as a clown.
"Why?" Sero asked.
"I'm Ronald McDonald, y'all."
"That doesn't answer the fucking question." Sero said, his voice breaking.
"Hanta, are you afraid of clowns?" Mina asked.
"Who isn't?" Hanta said.
"Oh, Blasty," Mina said. "Prepare your nether regions, because Eijirou… whooo. I'm fuck him."
"Mina!" Katsuki hissed.
"What?" Mina asked. "Wait until you see him." She pointed to the stairs and Katsuki choked on his own spit.
Eijirou was wearing a red skater dress with a white apron and stockings. Over his shoulders he wore a red hooded cloak. His eyes were rimmed in black, his eyelids in red. He smiled at Katsuki.
"Hey Baby." Eijirou said softly.
"Eiji…" Katsuki started. "You're Red Riding Hood?" He took several steps forwards, so he was in front of his boyfriend.
"I wanted to match with my wolf." Eijirou said, wrapping his arms around Katsuki's neck. "However, you look a little more like a kitsune." He said, kissing his nose.
"Fuck you." Katsuki growled, resting their foreheads together.
"Only if you ask nicely." Eijirou teased, Katsuki blushed.
"Eiji…."
"What, Kitsune?"
"You're fucking gorgeous."
"Thanks, Baby." Eijirou said. "I put a lot of work in for you. I wanted to look good."
"You do, so good." Katsuki whispered, pressing their lips together. "I love you, so fucking much, Red."
"I love you too." Eijirou smiled, kissing him deeper. "Kitsune."
"I only have one tail."
"You must be a baby one then, not very wise."
"Asshole." Katsuki said, pushing him away with a smile. Eijirou laughed.
Eventually every class member was down in the common room; Hagakure scaring the shit out of everyone when she came down dressed as a Bob Ross painting with an exclamation of "You do not know how hard that was."
At 6 o'clock Aizawa, Eri and Yamada arrived. The class had to hold themselves back from rushing to greet them. Aizawa was dressed as a mummy, reminiscent of his time injured after the USJ, Mic was a cockatoo, covered in white feathers, and Eri appeared to be a fairy. Aizawa nudged Eri forwards a little with his hand.
"You remember what to say?" Aizawa prompted.
"Erm…" Eri nodded. "Happy Easter."
"No that's not—" Aizawa started, only to be cut off.
"Happy Easter Eri-chan." Denki said with a large smile. Aizawa rolled his eyes, kneeling down next to Eri.
"Remember Eri, it's Trick Or Treat, and then someone might give you some sweets."
"Oh, I remember." Eri said. "Trick or Treat." She said, bouncing up and down on her feet.
"Wow Eri-chan." Izuku said, "What kind of sweet do you want? We have gummy bears, some lollies, some sherbet."
"Can I have an apple?" Eri asked.
"Apples are for later, Sweetheart, we're going to play a game with them, remember?" Aizawa said in a soft voice.
"You know what I think is a great sweet?" Yamada asked, leaning down a little, resting his hands on Eri's shoulder. "Gummy bears. They're tasty, and shaped like bears."
"Okay." Eri said, jumping up and down on the spot. Izuku went towards the buffet tables and got a bowl with orange and black bats round the rim.
"Have a couple." Izuku said with a smile and Eri took a handful of gummy bears (which was only three gummy bears, she only had small hands).
"What do we say?" Aizawa prompted.
"Thank you, Deku-san." Eri said, before turning back to Aizawa. "Can I eat them now, Shouta-san?"
"Yeah." Aizawa sighed.
"Mina, put the music back on." Momo said, Mina saluted and ran off to the stereo, pressing play and filling the room with Halloween themed songs. "Why don't we carve some pumpkins first?"
"Eri, you can help me if you want?" Izuku offered. "I can teach you what to do."
"Don't let her have any knives." Aizawa said.
"I'll supervise her, it's fine." Mic said.
"Thanks." Shouta said with a nod.
"Babe, we're carving one." Eijirou said, taking Katsuki's hand.
"I gathered as much."
Several members of the class went into the kitchen area where Iida had laid out newspaper on the floor, to make cleaning up easier. The pumpkins were laid out on the newspaper evenly spaced, there were bowls for the insides and spoons and knives.
1.B. arrived before any carving could begin. Monoma was dressed as the Mad Hatter, in a fancy suit and an even more fancy top hat. He hugged Hitoshi in greeting and was dragged into carving a pumpkin along with a Samurai Kendou and Sexy Nurse Tetsutetsu.
"Bro, nice dress." Eijirou said as Tetsutetsu came in.
"You too man." Tetsu said. "Hot as hell."
"Thanks." Eijirou smiled.
Mina and Kyouka carved one pumpkin next to Hanta and Denki who carved their own. Katsuki cut a hole in the top of his and Eijirou's pumpkin, pulling out the "lid" and cutting off the insides, placing them in a bowl- Satou wanted to roast the seeds.
Deku and Eri were next to them, Izuku cut the lid of his own and gave Eri a spoon to scoop out the insides. She wasn't very good at it, but that was to be expected seeing as she hadn't done it before and she was only little. When she pulled her spoon out with three seeds attached to it she seemed unsure of what to do.
"Into the bowl, Eri-chan." Katsuki said, pointing to the bowl. Eri nodded.
"Okay, Bakugou-san."
"You can call me Kacchan, like Deku, if you want." Katsuki shrugged. Eri nodded but she didn't say anything else.
Katsuki turned back to his own pumpkin, where Eijirou was scooping out the inside with surprising efficiency. Katsuki snorted.
"Why are you so good at this?" Katsuki asked.
"Oh, well we'd have pumpkins in at the shop. When November rolled around we'd always have left over ones, but demand for them kind of went down. So Mama would let us carve them. She knew it was little late but the three of us didn't mind. We'd have a competition, Hikaru would usually win, because he was older and stronger." Eijirou said with a lap. "Isao and I had to get better."
"Well you're great." Katsuki laughed.
"At scooping out the insides, sure. I'm terrible at cutting the face."
"Well I can do that bit." Katsuki said. "I'm good with a knife."
"Can it have spikey teeth?"
"Yeah." Katsuki laughed again. "And angry eyebrows?"
"Yes." Eijirou said excitedly.
They were the first to start cutting their pumpkin, Eijirou drew the design in marker pen and Katsuki brought the knife to the fruit. Mic came to help Eri scoop out the insides of her and Izuku's pumpkin, sitting her on his lap and guiding her hand.
"Can we make it a cat?" Eri asked Hizashi who laughed, hugging her.
"Yeah, Kiddo, we can make it a cat."
Katsuki and Eijirou's pumpkin had said spikey teeth and angry eyebrows, triangle eyes were narrowed in a snarl and the pair of them were proud of their finished design. Mina and Jirou's pumpkin was laughing, with small eyes and a large smiling mouth.
Denki and Hanta's was amazing. Instead of simply cutting chunks out of the fruit, Denki had peeled off parts of the skin and scraped out parts of the flesh, not breaking through all of the way. It was an image of Aizawa, done with an amazing likeness.
"Wow Denki, that's amazing." Eijirou said.
"I might be dumb, but I can art bitches." Denki laughed.
"Language." Mic said, not looking away from where he was cutting out triangle ears out of his own pumpkin.
"Sorry Sensei, Eri-chan." Denki said sheepishly.
"How'd you get it so good?" Mina asked.
"I doodle in my notebooks when I get confused in class. I just draw what's in front of me. Most of the time it's Aizawa-sensei." Denki shrugged. "I've got kind of good at drawing him from memory."
"That's so creepy." Mic laughed, turning around to look at Denki and Hanta's pumpkin. "He'll hate that."
"Oh, I know." Denki smirked.
The group then put their pumpkins outside, on the porch, with little tealights inside lighting them up. Eri stared at the flickering light in wonder, having to be coaxed back into the dorms with the promise of food.
Everyone went through the buffet, picking up an assortment of the offered item before going to pile around the TV. It was a bit of a squeeze, Momo had made a collection of bean bags especially for the occasion and everyone had somewhere to sit.
Katsuki had been pulled into Eijirou's lap on the sofa. Tsu put on A Nightmare Before Christmas as Shouji dimmed the lights slightly, setting the atmosphere. As the movie played they ate their food, Katsuki finishing before the movie had gotten half way.
He lent down to put his paper plate on the floor, next to the sofa. When he sat back up Eijirou nudged him giving him his empty plate. Katsuki rolled his eyes, taking it anyway and putting it on top of his own.
This time when he sat up Eijirou put his hands on his hips, stilling him. Katsuki turned to look at him but Eijirou pulled him back, flush against his chest, his lips ghosting over the shell of his ear.
"Stop moving." He whispered.
"You wanted me to put your plate—"
"Ssh." Eijirou cut him off. "I know, I know. But you moving about in my lap like that. It does things to me."
"Control yourself, Ei." Katsuki hissed.
"Pretty little Kitsune." Eijirou said, kissing his neck. "I'm not wearing any underwear."
"Eijirou. Stop it." Katsuki said. "I'm serious." Eijirou huffed, nuzzling into the crook of Katsuki's neck, wrapping arms around his waist.
"Fine." He mumbled.
Katsuki relaxed into his hold, tracing patterns on Eijirou's knuckles. He grew tired of the movie very quickly. He'd seen it too many times to count and he wasn't all that of a fan. His eyes wondered, watching the different people in the room. Uraraka and Tenya were lent up against each other, Uraraka resting her head on his shoulder. Katsuki wondered if they were together, or just in that weird state between dating and friendship.
Shouto was engrossed in the movie, as he was with every movie. Denki, Hanta, Mina and Kyouka were all lay on top of each other and Dark Shadow was purring like a cat as Tokoyami stroked him in his lap.
Eri was curled up between Aizawa and Yamada, holding both of their hands and flinching every so often as the film went on. She buried her head in Aizawa's chest and he wrapped and arm around her, talking to her quietly.
"Ei, let me up." Katsuki said, tapping his boyfriend's arm. Eijirou immediately released his grip, allowing Katsuki to stand. Tetsutetsu looked up at him as he passed but said nothing. Katsuki approached Aizawa and Eri, when he got closer he could hear what Aizawa was saying.
"We can ask to turn it off? Or you and I can go outside for a little while? We can go and play? You brought Apple-chan and Raspberry-kun, right?"
"I don't want to make everyone mad at me for turning it off."
"No one will be mad, Sweetheart." Aizawa said, rubbing her back. Katsuki knelt down in front of the sofa they were sat on, Yamada and Aizawa giving him a confused look.
"Eri-chan?" Katsuki asked, the little girl turned to look at him. "Do you want to come and bake some cookies with me for everyone?" Eri looked up at Aizawa.
"If you want to you can." Aizawa said, Eri nodded.
Katsuki held his hand out and Eri scooted forwards, taking his hand and jumping off the sofa. He straightened up and began to lead her to the kitchen.
"Bakugou, do you need a hand?" Aizawa asked.
"I'm okay. I'll shout if I need anything." Katsuki said.
"Thank you." Aizawa said with a nod.
Katsuki lead Eri into the kitchen, flicking on the light and letting go of her hand. He pulled out all of the ingredients. It wasn't all that complicated recipe but Katsuki thought that the decorating would be more fun for Eri anyway.
"Have you ever baked cookies before?" Katsuki asked. Eri shook her head, her eyes wide.
"No. But Hizashi-san lets me watch him cook." Eri said.
"That's nice of him." Katsuki said. "Why don't I measure the ingredients and then you pour them in the bowl and mix?"
"Okay." Katsuki said. "Wait here, I'll go get a chair for you to stand on." Katsuki went towards the tables, picking up a chair and taking it into the kitchen. He preheated the oven. Katsuki measured out the butter and sugar, putting them both in a large mixing bowl and handing Eri a wooden spoon.
"You want to mix them together?" Eri nodded taking the spoon.
Katsuki added the flour and baking powder to another bowls and cracked on egg into a little bowl, adding a few drops of vanilla extract, ready for Eri to add in later. As she mixed the butter and sugar together her tongue poked out of the corner of her mouth. She was unbelievably cute.
"So you're a fairy, right?" Katsuki asked.
"Mhm. I wanted to be a butterfly but Hizashi-san is afraid." Eri said. "So if he asks I'm a fairy, but Shouta-san says I can pretend to be a butterfly if I want."
"Well you look very pretty, as a butterfly or a fairy." Katsuki said.
"Thank you." Eri replied. "Riot-san said you're a kitsune?" Damn you Eijirou.
"Yeah… a kitsune." Katsuki said.
"Kacchan… I can't do it. My arm hurts." Eri said, she'd tried her best, but it wasn't all mixed together yet.
"It's okay, I'll do it." Katsuki said, taking the spoon.
"I'm sorry."
"You don't have to be sorry. It's good to know your limits, that's how you avoid getting hurt."
"Oh okay." Eri said.
"You can pour the egg in, if you want." He said, handing her the little bowl, she nodded and poured it in to his bowl. Katsuki mixed them together before getting the sieve.
"Do you think you can pour the flour into the bowl?" Eri nodded, picking up the bowl in question tipping it into the sieve.
"Oh, Kacchan, I spilt some." Eri said, tears welling in her eyes.
"Hey it's okay. It was an accident, and it's only a little bit." Katsuki said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "It's just a little bit." He repeated. Eri sniffed and nodded.
Once the flour was all in the bowl Katsuki kneaded it into a dough. He floured the surface, over the bit that Eri had spilt, causing the girl to look at him, confused.
"It's so the dough doesn't stick." He said, doing the same to the rolling pin. "Help me roll it out?" He asked, Eri nodded again. Both Katsuki and Eri held onto the rolling pin, making sure the dough was flat.
"Okay, this is the fun bit." Katsuki said, getting out some cookie cutters he'd bought earlier. There was a pumpkin, a cat head, a witch's hat and a ghost. "You get one of these, and press down really hard." He showed her with the ghost cutter. "And it makes that shape. When we put them in the oven, they'll cook that shape and we can decorate them."
"Wow." Eri said, picking up the cat cutter and copying his actions.
"Good. You cut the shapes, I'll put them on the tray." Katsuki said.
Eri was good at cutting out shapes and when she had cut as many as the dough would allow, he made it into a ball and rolled it flat again so she could make some more.
"You made a lot of cats." Katsuki said as he put them in the oven. At least half of the cookies she had made were cats.
"Shouta-san likes cats." Eri said with a shrug.
"Do you like cats?"
"Yeah, they're soft and fluffy." Eri said.
"Do you want to come see my room? I have a cat, called Hoshi. She's really big and fluffy."
"I don't know. Shouta-san said stay where he can see me."
"We can go ask him?" Katsuki asked, Eri nodded. The cookies would take 15 to 20 minutes and the movie was still playing so Katsuki wanted to keep her distracted during that time. He took Eri's hand and they went back into the common room. Aizawa was resting his head on Yamada's shoulder, but he looked up as soon as they approached.
"Is everything okay?" He asked. Eri nodded.
"Can I go to Kacchan's room and see his cat?"
"Yes, if it's okay with him." Aizawa said. Eri turned and looked up at Katsuki.
"He said yes." Katsuki had to stifle a laugh.
"He did? Great." He said as if he wasn't standing right there. "Let's go." He said, holding out his hand, Eri took it without hesitation.
Katsuki lead Eri to his room, opening the door and turning on the light. Hoshi was asleep on her pink blanket on the foot of his bed, but she stirred at the sudden light, meowing in confusion. Katsuki had decided to keep her out of the way of the party, lest she get her tail trodden on or eat something she shouldn't.
"Woah, your room is so pretty." Eri said, he attention on the star covered ceiling.
"Oh, thank you. Riot-san did it."
"You're friends?"
"He's my boyfriend." Katsuki said. "Maybe you could ask your Dads to decorate your room with stars."
"My Dad died?" Eri said cocking her head to the side.
"I meant Shouta-san and Hizashi-san." He said.
"They're not my Dads?"
"Just because they're not your real Dad, doesn't make them any less than a Dad." Katsuki said.
"How?"
"Well, a Dad can be someone who looks after you and keeps you safe. Maybe someone who lives with you, but definitely someone you love. Someone you live with and trust." Katsuki said. "See I have a Dad. His name is Masaru, but then I have someone who looks after me, and loves me, he's called Tsunagu, he's like a Dad to me."
"So you have two Dads?"
"Kind of, yeah?"
"Don't you get confused?"
"Well I don't call both of them Dad. I call one of them Dad and the other Tsunagu." Katsuki laughed. "But there's other names that mean Dad."
"Like Papa?"
"Yeah, that works." Katsuki said.
"So Shouta-san and Hizashi-san are like my Dad and Papa?" Eri asked.
"If you feel like they are." Katsuki said.
"They look after me." Eri said. "And Shouta-san said that we're a family."
"That's good." Katsuki said. "Maybe talk about it with them? If you're unsure, they'd help you."
"Okay." Eri nodded.
It was at that moment Hoshi stood up. She stretched for a moment, butt in the air before straightening and jumping down onto the floor. She meowed, coming up to Eri, butting her head into her hand.
"Wow, that's a big cat." Eri said.
"Yeah, she is." Katsuki laughed. "She's a big breed."
"Her name's Hoshi?" Eri confirmed.
"Yeah." Katsuki bent down to pet his cat. "You can pet her, she won't hurt you." Eri did so immediately, burying he hands in her long fur. Hoshi began purring and Eri laughed.
"She's so pretty."
"She is." Katsuki said, stroking her too.
Katsuki let Eri pet Hoshi until the alarm he'd set on his phone went off, indicating that the cookies were done.
"Come on Eri-chan, it's time to get the cookies out." Eri jumped to her feet.
"Can Hoshi come?"
"She has to stay here, but we can come back up later if you want."
"Okay." Eri said.
They went down the stairs, into the kitchen. Katsuki pulled the cookies out of the oven and put them on a cooling rack. He then made fondant, splitting it into three balls, leaving one ball white and adding black food colouring to one and orange to the other.
He rolled the fondant flat and then allowed Eri to cut it with the cookie cutters. Katsuki's inner perfectionist wanted to made black cats and witches hats, orange pumpkins and white ghosts, however when working with a six-year-old, perfection was never an option.
Once each cookie was covered in fondant, Katsuki gave Eri some icing pens so she could draw faces and whiskers on the cookies. They then arrange the cookie on a couple of plates before hi-fiving at their completion.
"Do you want to try one?" Katsuki asked. Eri nodded. "Which one do you want?"
"A cat. A black one." Katsuki picked up a one and gave it to her. "You have a ghost." Katsuki snorted, but took one anyway.
They were nibbling on their cookies when Aizawa came into the kitchen. He smiled at the sight.
"How are you two doing?" he asked.
"Good." Eri said. "Daddy you have an orange cat like Sponge." Aizawa choked on his own spit. Eri frowned. "Is it okay that I call you that? Kacchan said to."
"What did you do?" Aizawa hissed at Katsuki.
"I may have accidentally referred to you and Mic as her Dads, prompting a discussion on the definition of the word." Katsuki replied. Aizawa sighed.
"Is it not okay?" Eri asked in a small voice. Aizawa knelt down next to.
"Eri, you can call me whatever you want to, Sweetheart." He said, taking her tiny hand in his own. "Why do you want to call me Daddy?"
"Kacchan said a Dad is someone who loves you. Someone who is family." Eri said. "You say we're a family; you, me and Hizashi-san. So why shouldn't I call you that?"
"If that's what you want. Then you can." Aizawa said. "I don't want you doing anything that makes you uncomfortable."
"I want to call you Daddy." Eri said, pulling her hands away and bringing them up to play in Aizawa's hair.
"Okay, Sweetie." Aizawa said, kissing her forehead. "Can I have that cookie now?"
The gathered people all had one of "Eri's cookies" before they started playing games. There was a spin off of pin the tail on the donkey, with a printed image of Ojiro and a cut out of his tail. Things got increasingly more weird as blindfolded and dizzy participants stuck it all over his body.
There was apple bobbing with a large tub of water. Aizawa had to physically hold Eri so she wouldn't run around, stealing the apples. However, many still went missing. Eri was the obvious suspect, but she was tucked safely into their teacher's arms. In the end, people let the mystery of the "Apple Thief" go, but if they'd looked a little harder, they would have found Dark Shadow's makeshift nest with eleven apples inside.
Then Momo and Kendou revealed the results of the costume competition, one which Katsuki was not aware they were having. Eri was announced as the winner, and she went up to the front of the class. Katsuki noticed thar someone, presumably Aizawa, had out a head band on her head, giving her two antennae just behind her horn.
"Eri wins the costume competition dressed as a butterfly." Momo announced.
"You bastard." Katsuki heard Yamada say to Aizawa, who snorted.
"She wanted to be a butterfly." He shrugged.
Momo put a small tiara on the top of Eri's head and Momo gave her a little sceptre.
"Daddy, Papa, look, I'm butterfly, fairy, princess." Eri said, causing the class to coo at her. Yamada leant against Aizawa and smiled. Aizawa wrapped an arm around his husband.
"Very nice, Eri." Aizawa said and Eri gave him a small, self-conscious smile.
"Beautiful." Yamada said.
"I need a nap." Aizawa sighed.
"You can't sleep your emotions away."
"I can try."
Katsuki didn't know where Aizawa pulled out his sleeping back from, but he did, nonetheless. It was a sleeping bag Katsuki hadn't seen before. It was still yellow, but it had blue, brown and black decoration on it, making it look like a sarcophagus. Aizawa curled up on the sofa and quickly went to sleep.
Katsuki weaved his way over to Eijirou, who was stood talking to Tetsutetsu and Denki. Katsuki went up behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist. Eijirou made a surprised noise, turning to see it was Katsuki.
"Oh, hey Baby." Eijirou smiled. "I got second place in the competition."
"Good, you deserve it." Katsuki said, kissing his cheek. Eijirou laughed, leaning into Katsuki's embrace. "Gorgeous." Katsuki whispered into Eijirou's ear.
"Love you." Eijirou sighed.
"Love you too." Katsuki replied.
"You two are fucking cute." Tetsutestu laughed.
"My Kitsune." Eijirou said. Katsuki growled, biting down on Eijirou's shoulder. "Ow. Feral."
"I'm a wolf."
"Nah, kitsune." Eijirou said. "Wolves would never wear a collar." Katsuki snorted.
"You're an ass." Katsuki said.
"I know." Eijirou said, turning in his grip to kiss Katsuki's lips. Katsuki rolled his eyes, stepping back. "Babe?"
"I'm going to get a drink." Katsuki said. Eijirou nodded.
"See you in a bit."
Katsuki made his way to the drinks table pouring himself a drink. A hand on his leg made him look down.
"Kacchan, can I have some juice please?" Eri asked.
"Orange or blackcurrant and apple?"
"Blackcurrant and apple please." Eri said.
Katsuki poured her a drink and handed to her.
"Two hands." Katsuki said as Eri took it.
"Thank you," Eri said, taking a big gulp.
"You're a butterfly now?"
"Daddy had these in his sleeping bag." She said, taping her head band.
"Well done on winning the competition." Katsuki said.
"I got a crown." Eri said.
"You did." Katsuki smiled. He'd always thought talking to children to be tedious, however, every conversation he had with Eri filled him with happiness. To know that this child had been through the worst things imaginable, yet she was here now, having fun, being polite and learning how to be a proper little girl again. He was proud he could be part of her recovery.
The party began to wind down, Aizawa and Yamada leaving first, claiming they had to get Eri to bed. Then Vlad and 1.B went back to their own dorms. 1.A. then tidied up the mess before they could go to bed.
Eijirou and Katsuki put the leftover food in containers for the next day as everyone else tackled the rubbish and decorations. As Eijirou packed food up, he popped sweets in his mouth.
"Stop eating the sweets." Katsuki said.
"But I like them." Eijirou said, eating another gummy bear. Katsuki walked around the table, pressing his body against Eijirou's, whispering into his ear.
"The quicker we pack all of this up, the quicker we can go upstairs, have some fun." Katsuki said.
"Fun?" Eijirou asked, looking at Katsuki, the ghost of smile on his lips.
"Mhm."
Eijirou packed everything away with a lot more enthusiasm after that, and it didn't take very long for the two of them to clear the table.
"Come on." Eijirou said, kissing Katsuki. "Upstairs, now."
"Eagar." Katsuki said, before turning to call; "Tenya, Momo, are we okay to go?"
"Yes, thank you, you two." Tenya said.
"Aww, why do they get to go early?" Denki whined.
"Because they tidied up their section quickly." Momo said. "You haven't.
Denki let out a wail of despair as Katsuki and Eijirou went up the stairs. Eijirou followed eagerly, taking Katsuki's hands, trying to kiss him. It wasn't until they got to Katsuki's room that the blond let him.
Katsuki pinned Eijirou against the back of his door, pressing their lips together, kissing him deeply. Eijirou made a noise in the back of his throat and his hands when to Katsuki's hips. The redhead pulled Katsuki close, grinding against him.
Tongues slid against each other and their groins pressed together. Nerves bumbled in Katsuki's stomach; tonight was the night he was going to try something new. Eijirou had mentioned it that time on the phone, and Katsuki couldn't stop thinking about it.
Eijirou thrust his hips against Katsuki's making both boy's groan. Katsuki broke the kiss, trailing his lips down Eijirou's jaw. Licking a stripe up Eijirou's neck, scraping his teeth against the flesh. Eijirou whimpered, tightening his grip on Katsuki's hips.
Moving his hands down Eijirou's arms, Katsuki moved out of Eijirou's hold, enticing a confused noise from the redhead. Katsuki kissed Eijirou again, chastely before sinking to his knees. His hands trailed down Eijirou's body, settling on his thighs. Eijirou's breath hitched as Katsuki pushed the hem of the skirt up slightly.
"Katsuki?" Eijirou whimpered.
"Is this okay?" Katsuki asked, pressing his lips to the flesh of Eijirou's inner thigh. Eijirou whimpered again.
"Yes, but you don't have to…" Eijirou said, Katsuki's lips trailing higher.
"I want to try." Katsuki said pushing the dress up further. He played with the crimson fabric in his hands and he kissed up Eijirou's thigh, trying to build himself up.
"My little Kitsune." Eijirou sighed, running his hand through Katsuki's hair, taking the headband with the fluffy ears, throwing it on the floor. Katsuki bit Eijirou's thigh in response, making his boyfriend gasp. "Oh you bad boy." Eijirou laughed, pulling Katsuki's hair slightly.
"You like it really." Katsuki said, pushing the dress up high enough to reveal Eijirou's erection. It was flushed red at the tip and leaking beads of precum. Katsuki looked at his boyfriend's cock, was he really going to do this? Was he really going to put it in his mouth?
"Baby, you don't have to if you don't want to." Eijirou said. Katsuki huffed, shuffling a little closer on his knees. He opened his mouth, leaning forwards, licking the tip of Eijirou's cock. The redhead choked out a gasp, bringing his hand up to his mouth he bit down on the back of it.
Katsuki didn't know what to think of the taste, it wasn't entirely unpleasant, but he wouldn't say it was the best thing in the world. Still, he licked again, and again, growing in confidence with each one. Eijirou's whimpering was almost constant as Katsuki took the head of his cock in his mouth.
"Fuck, Katsu." Eijirou said, burying a hand in Katsuki's hair.
Katsuki poked at Eijirou's slit with his tongue, swirling it around the head before trying to take him deeper. Eijirou thrust his hips, driving his cock deeper that Katsuki intended. He choked, pulling off quickly. He coughed, cheeks flushing red.
"Shit, sorry Baby, I didn't mean to." Eijirou said as Katsuki continued coughing.
"It's okay." Katsuki said, clearing his throat.
"We can stop."
"No, I wanna try again." Katsuki said, shaking his head. "Just don't move."
"Of course, I'm sorry." Eijirou said.
Katsuki leant forwards again, wrapping his lips around Eijirou's cock. He swallowed around the unfamiliar weight in his mouth. Eijirou moaned, throwing his head back, banging it against the door. Katsuki began to bob his head, taking as much Eijirou's cock into his mouth as he could before pulling back and repeating the process.
"Katsuki, Gods, please." Eijirou whispered, grasping a handful of Katsuki's hair, pulling him closer. Katsuki groaned in pain as he tried to ignore his own aching erection.
Taking a deep breath, he tried to relax his throat and take more of Eijirou in his mouth. He wasn't able to fit much in without gagging. He'd have to practice if he wanted to take more. But Eijirou seemed to be enjoying himself. He rocked slightly into Katsuki's mouth as he got closer to edge.
"Baby, please, Baby." Eijirou whined as Katsuki swallowed again. "I'm gonna cum." He said, gasping. He pulled Katsuki's hair, trying to get him to pull off. But Katsuki sucked harder. Spit and precum dribbled down his chin as he tried and failed again to take all of Eijirou in his mouth.
"Katsuki." Eijirou shouted as he came. It was strangely warm and bitter on Katsuki's tongue, and there was so much more of it then Katsuki imagined. He tried to swallow it all, but he coughed, spluttering. Cum dribbled down his chin, mixing with his saliva alright there.
"Shit Katsuki."
"Sorry, I'm not that good." Katsuki said, wiping his chin with the back of his hand.
"Are you kidding me? That was amazing Katsu'." Eijirou said, sinking to the floor and resting their foreheads together. "So good."
"Yeah?" Katsuki asked.
"Mhm, it felt great." Eijirou said, leaning in to kiss him. Katsuki pulled away before he could.
"Eiji you don't want to kiss me, not after—"
"After I came in your mouth? Katsu' I don't care." Eijirou said, taking Katsuki's face in his hands. He pulled him close and kissed him deeply, tongue slipping into his mouth. Katsuki moaned into the kiss, going up on his knees, wrapping his arms around Eijirou's neck. "Let me take care of you?" Eijirou asked, breaking this kiss.
"Yes." Katsuki whispered.
Eijirou continued to kiss Katsuki as his hand went to undo his boyfriend's jeans. Katsuki groaned as Eijirou pulled his erection free. His hand was rough against Katsuki's sensitive flesh, only using his precum as a lubricant.
The pleasure/pain of Eijirou's hand drove Katsuki wild. His kisses grew desperate, the noises he made became high pitched and breathy. Eijirou used his free hand to bury in Katsuki's hair, digging his nails into his scalp.
"Eiji…" Katsuki gasped, pulling away from the kiss. Eijirou nipped along his jaw, biting at his neck.
"Come on Baby." Eijirou said, fingering the collar around his neck and he jerked Katsuki off. "You gonna cum for me? Like a good little Kitsune, hm?"
"Not a kitsune." Katsuki growled. Eijirou tightened his grip on his cock, making Katsuki whine. "Eiji…"
"Say you're mine." Eijirou whispered against Katsuki's lips. "Say you're my Kitsune, and I'll let you cum."
"You're…" Katsuki gasped. "You're cruel."
"No I'm not, Baby. I just want you to say one little thing. It's your pride that's stopping you Kitsune." Eijirou nipped Katsuki's neck again. "Are you going to let one little word get in the way of your pleasure?"
Katsuki let out a choked moan, resting his head against Eijirou's shoulder.
"Please."
"Say it." Eijirou replied.
"I'm yours." Katsuki whispered. "I'm your Kitsune."
"Good boy, Kit." Eijirou said, bringing their lips together and increasing the pace of his hand movement. Katsuki whimpered, but it didn't take long for his entire body to tense and for him to spill cum all over Eijirou's hand.
"Fuck." Katsuki panted. "That was…"
"Did I go to far?" Eijirou said, wiping his hand on the already stained dress.
"No." Katsuki said. "I would have said something otherwise."
"Okay." Eijirou said, kissing his softly. Katsuki smiled into the kiss.
"I love you."
"Love you too, Kitsune." Eijirou said with a laugh. "Come on, let's get ready for bed."
