Kyouka sighed, her clock still doing its incessant ticking like it always does.

7:34

The party starts at eight.

And of course, Kaminari was late. Kyouka supposes she could always barge into his apartment, but she wasn't quite that desperate yet.

Kyouka had already taken care of everything she needed; she had done her household chores, she was dressed for the party, she had got someone to watch over Ms. Okamura's apartment whilst she was on the couples' retreat.

She was ready, she was prepared; Kaminari was late.

She even took a trip to the store to pick up champagne for the party.

The clock ticked again.

Kyouka glanced at her phone, she had a message from Tokoyami, but none from Kaminari.

The girl had just told herself she wasn't desperate but her clock gave another tick.

The pair hadn't chosen a time to meet up, but she had told him the party was at eight. Perhaps he thought he had to get with Jirou at eight, rather than be there at eight.

They could just...arrive fashionably late.

The clock ticked.

Kyouka stood up. Fuck it, she was going to his apartment.

It wasn't a " desperate" move; it was a needed move.

If there was anything she learned about the blonde, it was that he was terrible with time. For their two planned meet-ups to get to know each other, he was late. Only by minutes, but it was enough for Kyouka to worry that the boy was flakey.
It was most likely fine, she knew that - but they needed to go right then.

Maybe he was getting ready, that would be fine as long as he hadn't just started preparing.

Maybe he thought she would be going to his apartment to meet-up instead and he was stuck in the same position Kyouka was.

Kyouka grabbed her bag and slung it around her shoulder.

She marched up to her door, a woman on a mission.

She knew it was fine. She knew they hadn't decided a time or...anything really.

However, if she wanted to be on time, she'd have to grab Kaminari now.

Kyouka frowned as she locked her apartment door.
The hallway was the same as always, except Kyouka's across the hall neighbor had taken away their Christmas welcome mat and door stickers.

Kyouka walked down the barren halls, eyes flickering at the numbers waiting for the bronze 1021.

As soon as she reached the familiar door, she brought her fist up to the door.

She could hear muffled shouts on the inside, which came to a halt as soon as she knocked.

There was a brief moment where she heard shuffling, but it ended when he opened the door.

"Oh," Kyouka murmured, low, low enough Kaminari didn't hear.

Her very first thought was, Damn, he cleans up nice .

He was even wearing eyeliner, though it wasn't quite noticeable unless you were looking.

The corners of Kaminari's lips quirked upward, "Oh, hey Jirou."

He waved a hand, but two of his fingers were down, holding a choker.

Kaminari saw her looking at the choker and laughed, "I was trying to put it on, but I couldn't quite get it and Reo was trying to eat it and it was this whole thing."

Kyouka raised a brow, "Reo?"

"My cat!" Kaminari grinned.

He turned around looking inside his apartment and making kissing noises. After only two seconds Kyouka could see an orange, fluffy cat waddle into the room. It was the cat from Kaminari's Instagram post.

Once the cat, Reo was at Kaminari's feet, the man bent down and scooped the cat into his arm like a baby.

"He's friendly, just a pest," Kaminari explained, scratching behind the feline's ears.

Kyouka held out a hand and let Reo sniff it. Once he deemed her acceptable she, did the same as Kaminari did.

Kaminari grinned widely as Reo began to purr.

"He's quite cute," Kyouka hummed, watching as the blonde set his pet back down. Reo went back to minding his business in the apartment.

"Don't let him hear that, you'll give him an ego," Kaminari snorted.

Kyouka wouldn't have taken Kaminari as a cat guy. She didn't see him as a dog person either. Perhaps a hamster.

Kyouka herself was a cat person, they were low-maintenance, chill.

The girl looked at Kaminari again. He really did clean up nice, Mina would adore him.
And he was right, the choker would be wonderful.

Kyouka hesitated, "uh…your-," she gestured towards his hand, loosely holding the necklace, "If you want I could put it on for you."

Kaminari looked at his hand as if he forgot he was holding a choker, and beamed at her, "Sure!"

He held out his hand, offering the choker. Kyouka plucked it out of his hand. Kaminari turned around.

He brought up a hand to hold his hair up, he didn't have long hair by any means, but it was just to get the hair out of the way.

Kyouka knew her face was tinted with a pink tone. It was just Kaminari, but this felt quite intimate. Her hands looping around his neck, choker in hand, and slowly bringing the clasp to the chain.

She clicked her tongue, "...done."

Kaminari dropped his hand and turned back around, yellow eyes shining with joy.

"Thank you," his smile softened, "Are we uh...ready to head off?"

Kyouka shrugged, "I'm ready - you probably need a coat."

Kaminari's mouth fell into an 'o'. He didn't even have to leave the doorway, he stuck out his hand and grabbed a coat off a hook Kyouka couldn't see.

Kaminari pulled the coat on and grinned, "how about now?"

"I guess we're ready."

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Kyouka shivered as she shut the door of the car.

It was snowing, not much, the perfect amount. However, she was wearing an autumn coat because she was stubborn and it looked best with her outfit.

Kaminari was sticking out his tongue, catching snowflakes.

They were standing in Mina's driveway, snow falling gracefully, the sky already dark. There were cars packing up the driveway already, so the 'couple' parked the car on the side of the road.

Kyouka could recognize a few cars already.

It seemed like they weren't the first ones to arrive, but they certainly weren't late by any means.

"Alright lover boy," Kyouka sighed, "are you ready to go in?"

Kaminari stuck his tongue back into his mouth and paused, "...I... think I am."

Kyouka narrowed her eyes, "Don't fuck this up."

She held out her hand. Kaminari looked at her hand and then into her eyes like he was unsure, yet he still intertwined his fingers with hers.

The pair started walking up to the door. Kyouka took a deep breath in and then exhaled, the air fogging up.

She twisted open the door and immediately felt warmer.
She could hear her friends chatting and laughing, there were food and drinks scattered around, music was playing, and it was quite warm.

"I'm nervous," Kaminari whispered into Kyouka's ear.
She glanced up at him. He was scanning the room with hesitance.

She clicked her tongue and shrugged off her coat, "They're nice, you know Mina, you liked her, yes?"

Kaminari nodded and followed Kyouka's lead and began to take his own coat off.

Kyouka took the coat from him. She was balancing the coats on her right arm whilst her left hand held Kaminari's.

She dragged him over to Mina's linen closet and hung up their coats. She has been to Mina and Sero's house more times than she could count; she knew the place like the back of her hand.

In all honesty, Kyouka was surprised Mina hadn't approached them yet.

Kyouka shut the closet door and began scanning the party. Aoyama had a small plate of cheese from the food table which he was holding up to show Midoriya. Todoroki and Momo were sitting on the couch chatting. Hagakure and Ojirou were dancing and giggling because they were always doing gross stuff like that.

Kyouka was going to continue her analysis but Mina walked through a doorway holding drinks. The hostess glancing up from the three drinks she was holding with her two hands and spotted Kyouka and Kaminari.
She gasped from across the room and then spun around looking for a table to put the drinks on. She couldn't find on but she could find Tsu. The green-haired girl and pink-haired girl chatted for a bit and Kyouka watched as Tsu gave a nod and took the three drinks from Mina.

As soon as the shorted girl took the burden of holding the drinks, Mina rushed towards the pair.

"Oh, my," Mina slapped a hand over her mouth, "When did you get here?"

"We only just got here, don't worry," Kyouka assured her.

She couldn't help but glance towards Kaminari. He didn't look nervous. He was smiling softly and he was watching the girls speak, making it clear he was listening and part of the conversation despite not contributing yet.

"How was the ride? Oh, by the way, you two look so lovely."

Kaminari and Kyouka both said 'Thank you' at the same time and Mina began cooing about the two being in sync.

"Oh, Kaminari you have to meet everyone, huh?"

"Yeah, Kyo and you are the only ones I know," Kaminari conversed, "Though she talks a lot about uh...Bakugou and Sero?"

Mina squealed and grabbed Kaminari's free wrist. Mina pulled Kaminari softly towards a room, Kyouka still holding Kaminari's hand, followed.

The three passed groups and pairs of people until the reached the kitchen.

Sero was sitting on the counter, eating a cracker as he spoke. Kirishima and Bakugou were both sitting at barstools, booing Sero - Kyouka wasn't sure why.

"Look who I found!" Mina annoucned.

The men stopped there conversation and looked their way. Sero and Kirishima gasped, Bakugou narrowed his eyes.

In an instant Kirishima was at Kaminari's side with a smile, "Hey man! I'm Kirishima, are you Jirou's boyfriend?"

"Yeah," Kaminari grinned, "I'm Kaminari Denki."

Kyouka watched, unamused, as Sero pointed at Denki and began to fan himself.

"Hubba, Hubba," the boy mouthed.

Kyouka stuck her tongue out.

Mina and Kirishima were currently talking about Denki while Denki watched with a smile. Mina was going on and on about how the first time she met him, he was in pjs. Kaminari was cutting in every now and then, defending himself.

Sero was beginning to make kissing noises, not even bothering to get up off the counter. Kyouka was beginning to think she would push him off.

Kyouka shuffled over to the cupboard, pulling out some of the crackers that Sero had been eating.

Bakugou had yet to say a word. He was watching from the stool, suspicious.

"Hey Blondie," Bakugou barked, "Come here."

Kaminari's eyes widened and he glanced towards Kyouka. Kyouka shrugged and mouthed 'sorry'.
The blonde left Mina and Kirishima to the conversation and joined Bakugou at the stools.

Kyouka moved over and went to sit next to Sero on the counter so she could hear the blonde boys talk.

"When was she born?"

Kaminari opened his mouth, then shut it, and then blinked, "I-...hm?"

Bakugou stared at him, "Your girlfriend ."

Shit, shit, shit. They went over this once, there was no way he'd remember. Why that of all questions?

Kaminari paused, "1999, August 1."

Bakugou narrowed his eyes at the boy further.

Kaminari looked towards Kyouka again.

He got it right, she was born 1999, August 1st, she wasn't sure why Bakugou wasn't buying it.

Bakugou tsked and turned away from Kaminari.

Kaminari mouthed, 'what', and looked back towards Kyouka.

She shrugged because she was helpful like that.

"Bakugou is terrorizing your boyfriend," Sero informed her.

"I can see that, Denki is so...lost," Kyouka huffed, "You remember the first time you met Bakugou?"

"I was petrified." Sero nodded solemnly, handing Kyouka a cracker.

She bit into the cracker as she watched Kaminari have an internal struggle. He was trying to decide whether it was safe to leave or not.

Kaminari was simply sitting on the stool, looking over his shoulder every now and then with the most confused look Kyouka has ever seen.

It seems like Kaminari made the right decision to stay because Bakugou turned back towards him.

"Her first pet's name?" Bakugou huffed

"Gerard Way, a hamster," Kaminari answered, softly smiling.

Bakugou snarled and tsked again.

Kaminari sat up straighter.

Kyouka inhaled sharply and turned to Sero.

"He's about to do something dumb," She whispered to him.

"Sorry for your loss," he whispered back, eyes not leaving the two blondes.

Bakugou glared at Kaminari whilst the other smiled brightly.

"Hey," Kaminari smiled, "what's a cow's favorite holiday."

Sero gasped from beside Kyouka.

Bakugou narrowed his eyes at Kaminari.

"Moo years eve'" Kaminari grinned like the Cheshire cat.

Sero laughed.

Kaminari was an idiot, that's all Kyouka could think. Bakugou would kill him. What...what even possessed him to do such. Who told Kaminari that he should tell the worst joke on the planet to Bakugou Katsuki.

"He's gonna die," Kyouka shook her head.

She watched as Bakugou blinked, then snarled, "That's a joke a 5-year-old would tell."

Sero gasped. He seemed to be quite enjoying the show of Bakugou threatening Kyouka's idiot boyfriend.

"Wanna hear another one?" Kaminari asked.

Kyouka hopped off the counter. She had to save him.

She circled over to the stools.

However, it seemed like she was too late because Kaminari had already opened his mouth.

"What do you call a hippie's wife?"

Bakugou narrowed his eyes.

"A Mississippi!"

Bakugou scowled, but his face relaxed in understanding.

It wasn't...that bad of a joke.

Kyouka came closer to the boy and stood at Kaminari's side. He looked up at her and grinned.

Bakugou narrowed his eyes again, flickering between the girl and the boy, looking for something.

The angry blonde glared at Kaminari one more time before entirely dismissing him. He turned towards Jirou with a frown.

"That's your boyfriend?" He huffed.

"What...else would he be?" Kyouka frowned, playing confused.

Bakugou's gaze flicked back to Kaminari.

Kyouka could feel her heartbeat speed up. Bakugou was smart, but...he looked close to buying it. She was sure it'd be fine.

"He's not like...some guy you hired on fucking craigslist?" Bakugou scowled.

Kyouka was going to hire some guy off craigslist originally, but then Kaminari came into the laundry room. Not that Bakugou would ever hear about it.

She understood why Bakugou was skeptical; she had never talked about dating anyone other than that night in the bar. But everyone else seemed to believe them, no questions.

Why not Bakugou?

Kaminari was frowning and looking at Jirou, but he didn't say a word. He must've understood Bakugou kicked him out of the conversation.

"Of course not, how dumb do you think I am?" Kyouka rolled her eyes.

Bakugou scoffed, "Fine. I don't believe you, but I'll drop it." He stood up, but paused, "next time you get a fake boyfriend make sure he can at least tell good jokes."

Kaminari made an indignant squeak, but Bakugou was already walking over to Kirishima and Mina.

Alright...Bakugout doesn't believe she's dating Kaminari...that's on him. She'd just have to make him look dumb for not believing her.

Mina, Sero, and Kirishima had fallen for it right away. But Bakugou was a stubborn brat so he'd take some time.

Kaminari inhaled, "he has a poor sense of humor, huh?"

Kyouka scrunched her nose, "what?"

"He didn't laugh at any of my jokes," Kaminari explained.
He stood up from the stool and grabbed Kyouka's hand with a soft smile. He looked at her and waited for something.

She simply didn't know what.

She stared back at him and raised a brow.

"What do we do now?" Kaminari asked, with a shrug.

Kyouka frowned, "I don't know."

He had met the majority of the Bakusquad, save for Shinsou. Maybe Kyouka should go find Momo.

Or she could just talk to Kaminari and wait for her friends to come to her.

Parties were difficult.

"Let's just...walk, I guess."

Jirou led the way, Kaminari following behind. The couple exited the kitchen to where the party actually was.

It seemed a few more people had shown up. The party was filled with more chatter than before.

Some of these people Kyouka couldn't even recognize and didn't plan on knowing them better. She maneuvered around a crowd of people, her hand still holding Kaminari's tight.

She could not get over how much she thought about that - how he simply followed her, no questions. He'd done it in the apartment, he's doing it now, and he was sure to do it again.

"Uh, where are we going?" Kaminari asked from behind her.

Kyouka still didn't know, she stayed quiet.

"Somewhere?"

"Great, I love that place," when Kyouka looked back at Kaminari, he was grinning like a wild bobcat.
She didn't even bother resisting the roll of her eyes as she continued their wandering around the party.

A/N: I am SO sorry. i got like a shit ton of comments asking me to continue and I was damn they're so needy i just posted a chapter like a week ago. nope I posted it on the other site I WAS NEGLECTING U GUYS IM SO SORRY