AN: Hey guys! I really hope you're enjoying this so far. I've got quite a few chapters written already but my GOAL is to upload at least 1 a week. Knowing me it'll be much faster than that. I'm apologizing in advanced. I've already noticed that some of these chapters are going to be alot longer than others. Anyways I hope you all like this!

I stared at the message bubble. Frozen in place. Sitting there in my drive way, I hadn't even put the key in the ignition.

It disappeared off my screen after a moment, but I was still frozen In place. I opened up the app on my phone to stare at it longer. All the message said was "Uraraka" I stared unable to move. The message was from Bakugo. How did I forget about the fact that I accidentally found him on Tinder, and that I accidentally swiped right? And HOW did he know it was me? There's no way. Well apparently there is some way because he knew exactly who I was. Even through all the disguises. I stared at the message for way too long. Then I saw another message pop up. "Are you going to answer me or leave me on read?" What? How'd he know… Shit i forgot it says that someone saw the message at a certain time.

OU: Hi

KB: Hi

OU: … How'd you know it was me?
KB: I know those eyes anywhere
I blushed at the thought
OU: I didn't mean to um, swipe.. it was an accident
KB: Oh really?
OU: YES! I mean… No, I mean I don't know.. I wasn't trying to hunt you down, I was bored while I was in town and wanted, oh I don't know what I wanted, I definitely wasn't expecting to see you on there
KB: Oh, I see. Well I get bored too.
OU: Wait, that was a month ago! It took you that long to respond?
KB: I completely forgot this was even on my phone. Kirishima downloaded it for me, said I needed to get out there but I could care less. I only noticed it cause it had a lot of notifications.

She rolled her eyes and giggled
OU: Have fun with that.

And with that last message I put my phone down and started to make the journey back to the city.

It was about 6:30pm when I arrived. I am going to be living on campus. They have separate teacher housing now. And teachers take shifts staying with the students. That way teachers can have a life outside of UA. Which is great. I wonder if Aizawa's constant need to nap started this.

I used my zero gravity and a rope and trailed the boxes along behind me like someone carrying balloons. Everyone always joked I could work for a moving company if hero work didn't pan out. Actually a good bit of the work I did at my parents construction job was moving heavy objects.

I set everything down in my new living room. UA actually gave me money to go out and furnish my new place. How much money does this school actually have? I giggled to myself, it was a question everyone thought at least 10 times in their years. Tomorrow I would go out to look and buy all my furniture and everything else I needed. They told me whatever I wanted I could have to just swipe this little blue card they gave me and it would all be charged to the school. I couldn't believe this. No way. I smiled and sighed. I knew there was no fighting it. UA never spared a single expense. But for tonight I settled to just get a hotel room down the street since I had pretty much nothing but clothes and a few decorative items.

I closed the door to my new apartment. Yeah I guess you could call it that. It was very much set up like the dorms but these were much bigger. They each had their own kitchen and living area. And of course the bedroom. It was weird to think about. That this was my new home. It was oddly comforting being back.

I went down the street to find my hotel. It wasn't far at all. Along the way I stopped at a cafe grabbed myself an iced coffee. Well if you could call it coffee. It was a large iced coffee with 6 caramel, 6 coconut and 8 cream. I suddenly remembered the time Mina ordered me coffee one day and made a face at the sweetness of it. Forever a fan of sweets. I sat down at a table to wait for it. I opened my phone to text my parents that I had made it safely and then texted Mina asking if she wanted to go shopping for stuff tomorrow and of course she agreed. I could picture her jumping up and down.

It was just a couple more streets to my hotel. I went in dropped my backpack and plopped on the big comfy bed. Tv would do me some good. It had been a long day. I ordered some takeout and had it delivered to the hotel room. Nothing fancy, just some local shop. After a couple hours I decided to go to bed. I flicked off the light and turned in. My life wasn't all that exciting.

In the morning I checked out of the hotel and decided to get coffee before I met up with Mina. When I walked in the cafe I dropped my phone. 2 places from the counter was a tall blonde. One I had seen recently but not in person. I recognize the scowl on his face anywhere. I thought about turning around and walking out. But why? What was I afraid of? It's not like he's gonna blow me up.

"Oi! Stop fucking staring!" The deep voice calls out. Damn, he had caught me. Not like I meant to be staring anyways. Although I could probably look at him all day. Red blushed my cheeks as I bent down to pick up my phone and head to the line. I was 2 people behind him. I wasn't going to say anything to him. Hopefully he didn't notice it was me. Hopefully he just assumed it was some fan of his gawking. I kept my face down in my phone to try and avoid all contact. When a message bubble popped up. "Really, you're gonna pretend I'm not here, you're not even going to say Hi or anything" I could feel the heat rising to my face. When I looked up he was standing there right in front of me. When the hell did he get there?! How did I not notice a massive husk of a man moving to stand in front of me? I shook my head slowly

"HI!" I blurted out a lot more excited then I meant to.
"HI" He replies.
"What are you doing here?"
"Getting my coffee like I do every morning."

It was awkward. I didn't know what to say after that. He wasn't one to ask about why I was suddenly in the coffee shop he goes to every day. Frankly he probably couldn't care less. A coffee order is shouted across the room breaking the silence. It was only a couple seconds but it felt like minutes. "Later Cheeks" he says as he turns around, grabs his coffee and heads out the door. When I got to the cashier she looked at me funny "You know Dynamite?" "Dynamite?" I asked…. she looked around like I was completely lost. "The guy… That was just standing in front of you" "OHHHH. I didn't know he had picked a Hero name yet. But yes, I know him. We were class mates years ago" I mentioned. "OH MY GAWD I thought you looked familiar! Your hair is longer but it is you isn't it! Uravity! You fought him in the sports festival your first year!" "Yep, that was me haha" I hate talking about that. I hate when people bring it up but everyone is alway so excited to talk about it. "I totally thought you were going to kick his ass!" she's almost shouting at this point. "Ha me too" "My Name is Nina, BTW" She points out. She seems really nice. I tell her my name but then I tell her I would love to chat more but I have to get going to meet up with my friend. I ordered a coffee for myself and Mina. I also let her know that I look forward to getting to know her more. It was a nice change of pace having new faces to talk to .

I met Mina a couple minutes later and the two of us started their shopping journey. First we picked out a couch, chair and table for the living room. Then next a bed and dresser. Then off to get a kitchen table. But finally was probably the hardest of them all. I needed to get all the little things. Like Dishes, best sheets, clothes hangers, all of that nonsense. It was weird that I was just buying all of that now, in my 20s, it was even weirder that the school was paying for it. I did my best to keep the cost down. Finding many things secondhand. All might called me in the afternoon to ask how it was going. He also asked to meet up for lunch to go over a few things for the upcoming week. Thankfully kids were on a week long break so I had plenty of time to get set up. But the week was full of meetings and whatnots to help me get adjusted.

Mina and I walked into a little diner around 2:30. We had done quite a bit that morning. When we got there we were seated with All Might and Aizawa. It was great lunch. Catching up with the two, learning about new students. At one point All Might pulls Mina aside, for who knows what. I'm left with Mr. Aizawa.

"So Mr. Aizawa… What have you been up to lately? Do you still take care of Eri?"
"Please, call me Shouta… Were on the same level now. Yes, Eri and Miro still live with me. Eri Attends classes and Miro is a teacher here as well." He seems happy.
"Oh wow I didn't know she was attending classes! Thats amazing. I cannot wait to see her around campus. And Miro! It's been so long. I can't wait to catch up with him!"
"They are excited to see you as well. Have you bought everything you need? I know that it's tough moving."
"Uh, mostly. I have to get a few more things. I think I will be at the hotel again tonight. I didn't think that when I bought furniture it wouldn't be here the same day." I put my hand to my head in embarrassment. Why did I think that all my stuff would automatically be in my apartment. Its not like I drove around here. I mean I could carry everything but then I wouldn't be able go into other stores without having to go back to the apartment every time I bought something
"Hey, slow down. No need to fuss. You've been using that little card the school gave you right?"
"Mostly yeah"
"You should be buying everything with it. Thats what it's for. I know it's tough, but for once… have fun. But my point is when you purchase something with that card, it gets sent to the school the same day. So everything will actually be waiting for you. You aren't the only person that's ever moved into the school."
"Oh wow that's great!"

All might and mina came back a few minutes later. We all finished up our food and chatted some more until it was time for those two to get back to work. Mina and I continue to get everything on my list checked off. "Say, mina… what were you and All Might talking about?" I ask. "OH nothing! Don't worry about it. Just some little unimportant things!" She tells me with a bit too much excitement in her voice. "Some how I don't believe you" "seriously its nothing!" She said…Which means its most definitely something, but what?

After we get back from shopping Mina comes over. And just like Mr Aizawa said, all my newly purchased furniture was sitting in my living room. And my bedroom had its things in it too! It needed s little rearranging but nothing I couldn't do quickly. Mina helped me unpack things and put things away. I was grateful for her help. After a couple hours we were all set up. I asked if she wanted to go and get some dinner but she told me she had plans tonight. But wouldn't tell me with who. Again I wasn't going to press her on the issue. After she left I decided that I was going to change into some different clothes and go to the grocery store. That I could handle by myself.

I put my hair in a ponytail and threw on my black hoodie and favorite jeans and headed to the store. It wasn't like back in my home town where it was a distance to the store. Nope, it was just a mile away. I drove anyways since I didn't want to carry all the groceries back. As I'm walking down each isle I'm trying to remember where things are placed. This was going to be my grocery store from now on, might as well get the layout down. I walked isles of produce, drinks, snacks, meats. When I was looking at all the things on the in my basket I was noticing these are things I would typically buy for my mom's grocery list. Minus the snacks, frozen meals and other junk. I don't even know how to cook any of this stuff. O well, I guess I better learn or my paychecks will suffer. Eating at home is cheaper than eating out. When I was lost in my own thoughts about cooking I turned the corner without paying attention and ran right into someone. "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE FUCKING GOING!" The person barked at me. "I'm sooo sorry." When I looked up to apologize I was silenced. My eyes met with piercing red eyes. He opened his mouth to say something but shut it quickly. "You again, What are you following me now?" "Bakugo! I um, I didn't mean to run into you. Well with my cart or ya know in person… again" He sighed heavily. "Just watch where you're going from now on" I don't know what came over me but when he turned to walk away I yelled "HEY! Do you wanna have dinner with me?" "No" and he walked off. I shot immediately red in the face. Thankfully I don't think that anyone heard me. Wow, what a jerk. He didn't even think about it. Honestly it would've normally soured my mood but it was Bakugo after all. And it seems he hasn't changed his attitude at all since high school.

I loaded up all my groceries on the conveyor belt and paid for them with my own money. The school didn't need to buy them for me. I was a big girl. Now to get these home, and research what to do with them. I'll most likely end up just calling my mom and have her walk me through how not to burn the building down.

I brought all my groceries in the same way that I have brought my moving boxes in, I tied them all together and to a rope and just floated them behind me. When I got to my door there was a note taped to it. "Hey girl, We thought you could use a little more stuff then what you bought to make this little place more homely. Don't be mad! We love you!" Signed Mina, Tsu, Jiro, Momo, and all might. Oh boy. When I unlocked the the door I was frozen in place. I stood there looking at so much more stuff then I bought. There was a tv, an entertainment stand, a bookshelf, plants, a rug, wall decorations. I dropped to my knees and cried. I cried because I was happy they would do this. I cried because this was now my first actual home away from my parents. I cried because i was worried how much money they had spent. I just cried. I didn't need all these things. But I was so happy to have people in my life that did this for me. When I finished putting away my groceries I started to look around at all the things that I hadn't purchased. The dark pink rug went so perfectly with the black couch and chairs. It also matched the pink throw pillows that appeared as well. Paintings I had pointed out in stores that I thought were beautiful but no way I could spend money on things like that. But here it was. My hall closet had towels, and lightbulbs and all kinds of things! There were plants all over. It was stunning. When I finally made it to my room There was a dark blue rug. These bed sheets aren't what I purchased. Wait… where are the ones I purchased?! These sheets are dark blue. With gold stitching. Little gold stars on the edges. There is a white fluffy blanket at the end of the bed. Gold throw pillows. A cobalt blue wing back chair sat in the corner next to a table. There was this magnificent painting of the galaxy above my bed. Little rope lights hung above it. Floating shelfs held some books and pictures. There was a candle by my bedside. Blueberry waffles. It was navy blue. It smelled like heaven. Little hints of blue and gold. Some purple and tiny little specs of magenta filled the room much better than I ever thought possible. Dark navy curtains with gold coming up from the bottom placed nicely ontop of sheer white ones. There was a note on the bedside table. "I know this isn't what you picked out but this is what you deserve. You don't need second hand sheets. I picked all this out just for you I know its not pink but you love the galaxy just as much so I figured I would bring the galaxy to you Love Mina" Once again I found myself crying. This, this is perfection.

I ate a pre-made salad I had bought from the store for dinner. It wasn't much but I didn't wanna bother my mother this late in the evening. When I was finished I washed the fork I used and put it away again. I decided to hop in the shower and get ready for bed. I don't have to work tomorrow but I do have to go to the school and get settled in. And I have a meeting with the principal. After my shower I turned the lights out except for the little string lights that hung above my bed. And I lit the candle. I decided to just scroll through my phone. I had already called everyone and thanked them. No need to bother them anymore with my appreciation. So I just mindlessly started going through apps, and some how I landed on Tinder again. Left, Left, Left, Left… This is getting boring. I came across Bakugos profile again. Okay, I went looking for it in the matched section. I started thinking about him. Wondering how much he's changed since high school. Wondering how his life is, how his hands feel, how his lips feel. He always smelled like burnt sugar, I wonder if he tastes the same. GODS what am I thinking! I quickly turn my phone off and blow the candle out. And find myself drifting off to sleep.

xXx

A couple days have passed. I'm getting settled in perfectly. I've seen old friends, Eri, Miro, old teachers. I have my own classroom. I get to focus on rescue training, along with how to use your quirk for something OTHER THAN hero work. Kids need to know that there are options. At first I thought it was an insane lesson. Why sign up for UA the number one HERO school if you plan to do something other than HERO work. But Principal Nezu Pointed out that when kids come into this course they get to see all the glamour of being a hero. What they don't see is the downside. They don't see the real danger. They don't get to see the trauma it can cause. The nightmares, the PTSD. While alot of kids that come into this can see and expect there are going to be downsides of it, Others are blind. So offering them a class that can show them there are other things that are Ok was a good way out. They said that it should cut down on villains. Villains aren't always really bad people. Alot of the times it's good people that couldn't make it as a hero and then they spiraled downward. So giving other options should help. I agree with him.

Its Thursday afternoon and I head down to the cafe for my coffee. I haven't been here in a couple days since someone gifted me my own coffee pot. But I wanted a treat today. In reality I might have been avoiding a certain someone but that's besides the point. This was an odd time of the day so I shouldn't be running into him. I went in and ordered my usual. Large Iced coffee with 6 caramel, 6 coconut and 8 cream. "Mmmm" When I opened up the door to walk out, there stood a rather beefy blond man with ashy blond spiky hair. "I'm really convinced you're stalking me now" he looks at me. "Am NOT!" I holler back. I look at him and he's in shorts and a tank top. Thats not unnatural… what's unnatural is the fact that he's holding a leash… with a rather big dog attached to it. "I wouldn't have guessed you had a dog Bakugo" I looked at him with one eyebrow raised. "Its my neighbors. I work too much for a dog. She got this one after she moved in. We run together every day. The lady is old so she can't really give the dog the exercise it needs, and I can't give it the attention it needs so it works out for both of us" he shrugged and spoke like it was obvious. I guess it was if you knew him. However this was the most we talked since i've been back.

"So you're stalking me now huh?"

"I TOLD YOU I AM NOT!"

"Yeah whatever… Hey would you mind holding Kimi while I grab a coffee"

"You want me to watch that? It's like Scooby do on steroids!"
"oh relax, she listens well. She won't move"
He tells the dog to sit and then hands me the leash, not even giving me the option of saying no.

A few moments later he comes out holding a coffee cup. "Thanks" he says so calmly. "I assume you live around here. Since you happen to always be where I am" I rolled my eyes at him. "I was here first therefor you are always where *I* am!" He shrugs and nods to this quite expensive looking apartment building a couple of streets over. I start walking with him, it happens to be the same direction as the school where I'm headed.

"What are you doing here anyways? I thought you moved back to your folks home?" He says while sipping his coffee. The big pooch walking lazily beside him.
"I uh," I twiddled the hem of my shirt… Why am I nervous? "I was offered a job teaching up at UA. So they moved me here."
I could see the ever present scowl on his face. We didn't talk much after that. We parted ways when he turned to go towards his apartment and I continued towards the school.

After I was done for the day I got a text from Mina asking if I wanted to go out tomorrow night to celebrate. I agreed.

Friday came and I finished up getting everything ready for school. My new place is completely put together. My school bag is packed ready for Monday. The laundry is done. Everything is done. I call my parents to see how their week went without me. It was was a relief to know that apparently I wasn't needed all that much after all. I chucked to myself. They are probably just telling me that so I don't feel too bad. I decided to go on a walk and explore the city I once knew. Look at everything that had changed and visited places that stayed the same. She walked most of the day way. She grabbed little snacks from some of my old favorite places. Found the music store I used to visit. The park my friends and I would study in. It was nice to be home again.

Mina was texting me at exactly 6pm. "Are you ready or what? I wanna go dancing!" I can hear her excitement in the text. "Just about, I'll be at the bar at 630" Mina agreed to meet at the bar instead of coming up to the campus. While we get to live our own lives, they aren't really fond of people coming over for social calls. Plus it was alot of security to get through so its easier to not have people over unless they come in and out with me.

When I arrived at the bar Mina was there. So were all the others too. She even invited a bunch of the boys. There's Ojiro, Kaminari, Kirishima, Jirou, Shoji, Momo, Todoroki Deku and of course the same blonde boy I keeps running into. We all hugged in the parking lot before making our way inside. When an arm brushes past me. "There you are again, I'm gonna have to file a police report if you keep this up" He smirks at me. "Seriously I didn't know you would be here! I just came out with Mina and somehow EVERYONE was here" I replied. "Yeah well Kirishima dragged me out and usually that involves being around Pinky. I tried to avoid this but somehow here the fuck I am" I don't give it much thought. "Well its nice to see you, You want to get a drink?" "Why else would I fucking be here?' He stated like it was obvious… But what would be obvious? He wants a drink or he wants a drink with me? I don't question it but we walk towards the bar together. He orders himself a drink and I order mine. When he sits down at a table he stares at me "are you coming or what?" I would question when did he get so bossy, but any other way would be very odd.

Some of the others join us after awhile thankfully, it's just awkward with me and Bakugo. He's got that usual scowl on his face like he's unhappy to be here. But it gets even deeper when Deku sits down. "Uraraka! I'm so happy to see you!" He hugs me and smiles. We do this little wiggle thing. "Tch, get a fucking room you two!" At the same time Deku and I throw our hands up and wave frantically. "Its not like that!" I can feel the heat on my chest. "Its been so long that I don't even think of Deku like that anymore. He's just like a brother to me. Besides Deku is with Mei Hatusme now… Right?" "YEP! Deku shouted a little too enthusiastically. Feeling the tension in the table I got up and went to the dance floor with he rest of my old classmates. We danced half the night away occasionally going back to the table for drinks. I noticed Bakugo never left the table, but he did have several drinks. I also noticed he didn't take his eyes off me much as the night went on.

When It was time to head home I noticed Mina was hanging all over Kirishima. I raised an eyebrow and then the thought suddenly hit me "Kirishima dragged me out and that usually involved being around Pinky" Thats what Bakugo said…. Then it clicked. She must be going out with Kirishima now. OOO I'm gonna have to find out about that later.

When got back to my room that evening I hopped in the shower and pulled on some comfy Pjs. I wasn't quite tired and ready for bed so I just turned the tv on and started watching pointless nonsense that was on. A little message bubble dinged on my phone.

"You looked nice today"
"Thanx!"
"So, You're not seeing Deku"
"I already told you I wasn't, why do you care anyways?"
"I don't, but fuck that loser."
"You haven't changed one bit have you?"

"Nope fuck that! You don't fix what ain't broken!"

Oh man he really is full of himself isn't he.