Disclamer: All from Horikoshi Kohei.
This story is for the second day of KiriBaku Week 2021.
Cover: linda_kitty1 on Twitter.
Prompt: Flowers.
If he finds out, he's going to make me explode and I can't bear it… Why did he have to be my secret Santa? I can't tell him that I like him, no, no, no; impossible! Maybe I can try to change his paper. I can convince someone so I don't have to give a gift to him.
Ufff! The worst thing is that I don't have to look for a single gift but four; three to give him during the week and then the final package to give him on Sunday at the meeting... How am I going to do it? Also, it will be very obvious because he is always with me and we study almost always in my room.
He said that he would go today to buy some things so I can take the opportunity to do the same... Will it be a good idea to go with him so I can see if there is something that seems to get his attention? I don't know what to do! If I don't ask him now, I won't be able to go with him.
Let's see, Eijirou, you can do it… He is your best friend and, even if you like him as more than that, you don't have to be nervous. You, act like a man and confront him, you will get through the week as best you can, you will hide everything and that's it; next week everything will return to normal.
I let out a sigh, moving away from the mirror where I was trying to get all the answers for my doubts. I took my backpack off the floor and opened the door just as Katsuki walked past it.
"Bakubro!" I exclaimed when I saw him; I wasn't sure if it sounded surprised or just excited. "How are you, bro?"
"Kirishima," Bakugou stopped when listened to me, "are you coming?" He added, pointing to my bag.
"Uhm," the nerves exploded in me from one moment to the next, "I… yeah."
"What are you waiting for, then?" He began to walk toward the stairs.
We went down to the common area and left the building. We decided that we would walk to the mall but I was internally destroying myself because of the closeness I kept with Katsuki; he must have realized that I was answering him just with monosyllables, unable to say much for fear of beginning to stutter.
The day was beautiful; I have to be honest, perfect for a walk with the person you like. The sun weakly warming the air and the breeze preventing you from feeling it; it was Katsuki's favorite season… The problem was: what do you do if that person doesn't know that you feel this way about them?
"I bet your favorite flowers are tulips!"
A lady came out of the nearest store; it seemed to be a flower shop… Why would she stop two boys walking down the street?
"My sixth sense tells me you want to buy him a bouquet."
The lady wouldn't let us pass, somehow she covered the whole area of the sidewalk; the potters accommodated at the entrance also helped her to make the corridor smaller.
"Get away!" Katsuki yelled; he raised his voice so much that the owners of the other stores came out to see what was happening.
"No, no...," I interrupted, I didn't want trouble in the middle of the street, "we don't want to buy flowers, that's all; we don't need them."
Whether she believed me or not is already something out of my control but at least she let us go after repeating that the tulips represented Katsuki very well; I didn't understand anything... The truth, it had never occurred to me to buy him flowers and, if I didn't think about it that much, it could be a good plan so that no one would suspect of me being his secret Santa.
"Earth to Kirishima," I felt Katsuki shake off my shoulder; oops, I got distracted, "what are you thinking about so much, idiot?"
"Uhm… No, nothing at all." I lowered my face towards the ground; felt the blush on my cheeks and I couldn't let him see them like that.
"That old woman left you weirder than usual," he said, returning his eyes to the road.
"Do you think she's right?" I asked without thinking; I covered my mouth as fast as I could but it was already too late.
Katsuki reached out an arm towards me and stopped me with it… Why did I say that? And now how do I fix it?
"Tell me you don't mean we need flowers." Him voice didn't sound as upset as I thought it would be.
"No, I…" I had to calm myself so I could answer him without stuttering. "Bakubro, no. Let's see, what I meant was not that..."
"Then?" He asked, moving to face me. "Speak up, damn it!"
"What I meant was: do you think she was right about the flower type?" I had to fight the urge to put my hand on the back of my neck.
"What?" He pushed me a little; it was his way of making me look towards him, and I did that. "Do you think I have a favorite flower?"
"We all have one, don't we?" I had never thought about that and had no idea what to answer if he asked me about mine.
"If you think it's like that," he turned back to my side; continuing our path, "what is yours?" He added when I reached him.
"Uhm," I couldn't help scratching the back of my neck; I was too nervous. "Maybe the carnations," I murmured, trying to sound as convincing as possible.
"It could be…" he whispered; I had never heard him speak so softly. I turned my head towards him, arching an eyebrow and waiting for answers. "Maybe the old woman was right."
"Do you like…" Katsuki stopped again, making him turn to see him.
"Not another word, Kirishima." He used the threatening tone he sometimes pressed Midoriya with. "And I'll blow your hair off if you tell someone, are we clear?"
I ran two fingers across my lips, hinting that they were closed before throwing the imaginary key away; inadvertently, a small smile crossed my face as he led the way again… Why does it have to be him?
I hadn't gotten any sleep because of the stress. The alarm would go off at any moment and the only thing I could think about was what Katsuki would say when he left his room and saw the bouquet on the floor... I couldn't think of a better way to give it to him without it being in front of the whole group.
Perhaps, if I had put it on his desk in the classroom, it would have saved me problems with him at first, but it was much more difficult to get there without anyone knowing that I was the one who delivered it... Was it too obvious to give him the flowers that we were talking about yesterday?
The alarm took me out of my thoughts, and after tapping the phone screen a couple of times, I managed to stop it from ringing. I sighed as I uncovered me; I really didn't want to show my face today... I know that would be very unmanly of me but I'm afraid of Katsuki and what he might do to me.
I jumped out of bed, washed my face and brushed my teeth in the bathroom before heading to the closet to find a clean uniform and put it on. My hair was a mess but with a little help from the gel and hairspray, I managed to accommodate it like every day.
My abdomen ached and, having not had dinner the night before, I wasn't sure if it was because I was hungry or because of what was happening to me with Katsuki… Maybe it was both at the same time; ugh!
I slung my backpack over my shoulder, grabbed my phone, and opened the door.
"What?"
A meter from my feet I had a bouquet just like the one I bought for Katsuki and I panicked. I turned my face to the left, towards my best friend's room, and saw him in the same position as me.
"Kirishima?"
"Bakubro?"
We asked at the same time… Shit, he realized! I wanted to back out and lock myself in my room until the earth swallowed me; although I still didn't understand what had happened... Could it be that I am also his secret friend?
I picked up the bouquet from the ground and watched it for a few seconds before returning my gaze to Katsuki's red eyes… Why? I wanted to ask him but the lump in my throat and, I'm not going to lie, the butterflies fluttering in my stomach, prevented me from doing so.
Could it be that he feels the same as me? Is he hiding something under that bad boy image? What do these flowers mean?
"I see you got a bouquet," he said, closing the door to his room; he still hadn't touched his flowers.
"So do you," I murmured; hugging the carnations and tulips towards my chest.
"That person must love you very much." Katsuki lowered his face from him as he said it.
"That's what a gift like this means, isn't it?" I didn't want to hide the smile that settled on my lips.
"Mhm," Katsuki looked at the bouquet in a little more detail, "we'll have to put them in water so they don't die so quickly."
"Yes. Yes." I was speechless; Shock hit me immediately. "Let's go and find a place to put them."
Throughout the day I couldn't stop looking at him out of the corner of my eye, smiling every time his name was called and, little by little, accepting that that morning we had given each other away. Not only did we understand that we could be each other's secret Santa's, but feelings were left on the air and we should have a conversation soon.
"Hey!" Katsuki's voice was unmistakable, "Come train, you idiot."
"I'm coming!" I yelled from the gym door; if my eyesight was right, Katsuki had smiled at me… I was having the best day of my life!
WOOHOO! I'm so happy to write a cute story after this sad style I've been with the last couple of weeks...
I hope you enjoyed it; for now I've been able to keep up with the week events.
Thanks a lot for reading... I'll be waiting in the comment section down below!