It was nice having them walk me home. We chatted a little but All Might seemed half asleep. We got up to the teacher dorms and All Might tried to tell Bakugo that I could handle it from here. He said "Nope, I said I would walk her home and that is what I'm going to do." "But this IS her home" "Look, you can leave, I'm a big boy and can walk myself out" I"m sure you can, but you can't, so hurry up" Bakugo walked me to my door like he said he would. When I unlocked the door and turned to say goodbye his lips were on mine. The feel of his warm soft lips pressed against mine sent shivers down my spine. His thumb and index finger held my face in place. I was standing there liquid putty being help up only by 2 fingers. He finally broke the kiss and I bit my lip, which felt slightly swollen from the intense electricity coming from that one kiss. "GoodNight" was all he said and walked back down the hallway to head home. After Bakugo left my door I headed back to my room to get ready for bed. I brushed my teeth, changed my clothes, but sleep wouldn't come. I tossed and turned for what seems like quite a long time. I really enjoyed myself tonight. I find it weird to say but I had a lot of fun with him this evening and THAT KISS. Since I couldn't sleep I decided to text Deku. I know I will be seeing him in the morning but I couldn't sleep so I'll bother him now.
OU: DEKUUUU. Are you awake
Deku: I am. Whats up
OU: I I have a problem
OU: OK, it might not be a problem per say
OU: Maybe an issue
Deku: ?
OU: I don't even know how to go about what I'm about to say
Deku: Spit it out
OU: I THINK I LIKE BAKUGO
Deku: When I said spit it out, that is not what I was expecting. At all. ever.
Deku: How… Why.. how.
OU: Well, I found him on Tinder, and accidentally swiped right, talked to him here and there.
OU: I see him at my coffee shop, the grocery store, He's cooked me dinner twice.
Deku: Kacchan cooked you dinner. Like actually cooked for you. Not once but twice.
OU: well the first time I said I was hungry and he just showed up at my apartment with food.
Deku: Hold on, Kacchan just showed up with food because you said you were hungry?
OU: yeah…..
Deku: And the other time?
OU: He, um, asked me to come to his place to eat.
Deku: Ok, so I'm gonna call his mom… and Kirishima and find out if he's been doing anything else strange.
Deku: Its possible he's been kidnapped again and someone is trying to poorly impersonate him
OU: STOPPPPP
Deku: No, I'm serious. I've never in my life heard about Kacchan being nice
OU: Me either.
Deku: What time should I come get you in the morning?
OU: Um, 11:30?
Deku: will be there. Goodnight Uraraka, We will finish this conversation tomorrow
OU: 'Night!
OU: Oh, don't forget to ask me about the kiss!
Deku: THE WHAT!?
With finally getting that of my chest, I was able to go to sleep. While I slept I may have dreamt of a now familiar face that I enjoyed seeing. I dreamt of our time at high school. It was almost like a movie that played just the scenes of us together. trying to make me figure out if he ever acted this way towards me. But all the memories I saw that night, I never saw him smile or laugh the way he did tonight.
I woke up in the morning a um less then the typical way I wake up. Normally I wake up to an alarm clock blaring at me. Nope, today was different. Today I woke up to the smell of coffee and bacon. I shot up immediately in the bed. WHOS IN MY APARTMENT?! WHY DO I SMELL BACON? I DON'T EVEN OWN BACON! I jumped out of bed and started going towards my kitchen. I had my phone in hand ready to call someone. I hadn't figured out who yet but I was going to call someone! I tip toed to the kitchen and peered around the hall way corner and I dropped my phone.
"WHAT THE FUCK!?"
"WHOA, When did you start using grown up words?"
I can't even process this. This is too much
"Why are you here… How did you even get here…. WHY ARE YOU HERE?"
"Do I need a reason, Its fucking morning, I wanted breakfast "
"YOU HAVE YOUR OWN KITCHEN!"
"You gonna fucking complain or are you gonna sit down and eat?"
He put the plate in front of me. A rice omelet with a side of bacon and orange juice. He finally looked up at me and he blushed. He looked me up and down. At first I was confused, he's seen me in the morning before… we did live in the dorms together for years… Then it hit me. I don't have any pants on. I was more concerned with who was in my kitchen instead of making myself decent. I turned around as fast as I could and ran back to my room to put clothes on and brush my hair. "Hurry up its getting cold!!"
When I returned to the kitchen he chuckled quietly. a hint of blush still creeping on his face. With a fork full of food shoved into my mouth I pipe out "This is a whole new level of stalking" "tch already take care of one incompetent adult what's another one?" "Hey!" "Don't hey me. You can't even boil noodles properly" I stared at my food. I hate it when he's right!
I looked at the clock Ugh it's only 8:50.
"Why are you here?"
"I already fucking told you."
"Okay, fine… Why are you here this EARLY"
"This, This is not early. I let you sleep in"
"You. Let me sleep in? In my own apartment?"
"Yes. I have to work today, I assumed you needed breakfast. So I made you some breakfast"
"You don't see this as odd. Like at all?"
"No"
"Deku might have been right, You are being poorly impersonated. I think I should call Kirishima"
"You were talking to that fucking loser about me?"
"I might have mentioned you to him."
"Why"
"Why what?"
"Why the fuck were you mentioning me to him? Why does he think I'm being impersonated?"
I looked around the room nervously. Come on Ochako.. Think, Think, Think of something
"What time do you have to be at work?"
"Answer, the fucking question. This is the second time you've dodged a question I've asked. I want some answers, NOW"
He started walking closer to me. Eyes burning into mine. Trying to find some answer that I refuse to give. I got up a little too quickly and accidentally knocked the glass of orange juice over… on to myself.
"Oh Noooo! Now I have to go shower and change… Thanks for breakfast, have a good day at work!" And with that I bolted to my bedroom.
I slammed my bedroom door shut, and just sat on the ground with my back to the door. Thankfully I just had pajama pants on and a sleep shirt. I really did need a shower. But I sat getting sticker by the second. I finally got up and decided to go shower. I grabbed all my clothes and headed towards the bathroom. I may have made myself a lot lighter then I needed to in my own apartment but I didn't want him to notice I had come out of my room incase he was still here. I made it to the bathroom and then quietly closed the door behind me. Peeled off the sticky wet clothes and turned the shower on. I stood there letting the hot water fall upon me. I washed my hair I scrubbed my body, used my sugar scrub, washed my face, and all that amazing stuff. I took a whiff of the air… MMMM cookies. I found a Bed Head shampoo that smells like cookies. My body wash and sugar scrub also smell like cookies. Its like a bakery in my bathroom. I dried my hair making sure I was taking as much time in the bathroom as humanly possible. That way hopefully he was gone by the time I came out.
When I decided enough time had passed I once again made myself lighter so I could tip toe out. I peered around the corner and didn't see the grumpy boy. Nope. My kitchen looked like it did the night before. No trace of him found except a note sitting on the counter. "You can't run from me forever" Wow. Who's the stalker now? I giggled a little bit. It was only 9:45. I still had so much time before Deku was going to show up. I decided to text Bakugo.
OU: Thanks for breakfast. It was delicious.
KB: yep
KB: So, you going to tell me why you were talking about me to the nerd
OU: Nope
KB: We'll see about that.
Mina: HEY GIRL! Let's go out tonight. I'll invite the others too.
OU: Um yeah sure, I have a day with Deku so I'll see if he wants to come along… Should I ask Kirishima?
Mina: Why would you do that?
OU: Would you like to ask him instead?
Mina: I don't know what you're talking about
OU: You can cut the act. Bakugo said you two were always together
Mina: FINEEEEE. Yes. We're seeing each other casually.
OU: Awesome! I'm happy for you Kirishima is a great guy
Mina: Yeah, Whats this about you showing up at Bakugo's place last night
OU: Don't know what you're talking about.
Mina: mmmhmmm
OU: So whole class is going?
Mina: Yeah, you wanna invite Bakugo or do you want me to?
OU: …..
Mina: that's what I thought.
OU: Hey, so um Mina is trying to get everyone to go out tonight. Do you wanna go?
KB: No
OU: Oh, Okay.
KB: Oi, What time should I pick you up
OU: What?
KB: I didn't stutter
OU: I thought you didn't want to go
KB: I gotta protect you from stalkers don't I
OU: You're the worst stalker of them all.
KB: I'll Be at your place at 8
OU: I am perfectly capable of taking myself out
He didn't text me after that. Which was fine. I needed to finish getting ready. I had some time so decided to go to the class room and handle a little bit of paper work. I figured Deku would be a little late anyways. When I got to my class room I sat down at my desk, I had my coffee mug in hand. And started going over some lesson plans. About 20 mins in I heard a really loud explosion. Frankly this wasn't abnormal. Mei Hatsume was probably working on one of her "babies" in the support lab. Frankly she was always blowing things up. It startles everyone the first handful of times, but now it's almost concerning if something ISN'T blowing up.
Just like I expected 11:30 came and went and no message from Deku. I leaned back in my chair and looked at the empty desks in front of me. remembering what it was like sitting on their side. At about 12:15 there was a knock at my door. It was Deku. He had a little soot on his face. He must have been in the lab when it exploded a little while ago. "Sorry, I'm late. I've been here.. but not here" he looked at me apologetically. "Totally fine, I had some work to catch up on anyways"
I closed my laptop, grabbed my coffee mug and shuffled my papers into my desk. I will finish up tomorrow I tried to tell myself, but I knew that it probably wasn't going to happen. I dropped my mug off at the teachers lounge before Deku and I set out towards the city. I snuck my arm through his as we walked. This is something that would have embarrassed both of us years ago but now it was just common practice. Something I just did from time to time. There was no intent behind it. My feelings towards Deku have faded into nothing except admiration. He was like the brother I didn't have but always wanted. I was happy for him and Mei. And I was finally happy with what I had going on. Honestly I was happy with Bakugo. Not that we were a thing but we have become kinda close in the short amount of time that we have been spending together and I like where its going. Or where its at if it isn't going anywhere. I was just happy that I had him around. Now If you had told me in high school I would somehow be getting close and spending time with Katsuki Bakugo I would've told you were crazy. Had you told me that Katsuki Bakugo would some how sneak into my apartment and make me breakfast after he had walked me home at almost 1am the night (well morning) before I might have laughed in your face. That was something I wanted and hoped would happen with Deku, but not Bakugo. But he has really changed my mind. And I like it.
Deku and I walked around looking at stores. Window shopping. Talking. We had lunch at this place we used to go to when we were students. We wandered through the park. We went to the top of a small hill to pay respects to a shrine. I hadn't seen Deku much since I had moved back home, but we talked almost every day. He came to visit as much as Mina did. Well until him and Mei got together then they pretty much dwindled to once a year. Its really nice to have him back and close to me again.
"So how are things with Mei" I finally asked him
"Oh, they are great. She's great. She's become one of the most sought after support members. Everyone wants her working on something for them!" The way he spoke about her was so nice. But there was a very tiny hint of sadness in his voice. I wouldn't bring it up but it was there.
"So, what's this about you and Kacchan?"
"OH! I don't know. He's been really … great lately." After the words left my mouth I thought about how odd that was to say. Even if it was the truth
"I'm glad. Kacchan is a a good person, with a bad temper. But he's definitely not a bad guy. He deserves happiness too"
"I don't know. I'm so confused with all of it. I don't even know if he likes me the way that I like him. We don't talk about things like that."
"Well have you ever seen him act the way he's acting before?"
"No"
"Then something has changed"
"But what?:
"You obviously!"
As if on cue, The explosive man with piercing red eyes comes around the corner. Before he noticed I pulled my arm from Deku's as if I was doing something I shouldn't be. Not sure why I care, but I know how he feels about Deku, I'm not going to let him think there was something going on between us that very much isn't there. Thats not a fuel I feel like throwing on the fire that is already about to appear just because Deku is in his presence. When he finally sees me he actually smiles. But then the smile turns to an expression of anger when he notices who's beside me. Here we go I think to myself. He stops walking and is standing dead in the middle of the sidewalk and every person that bumps into him his expression is growing more and more fierce. One of these people is about to get blown up. Deku also sees Bakugo and unfortunately shouts "HEY KACCHAN" I'm not sure why I'm terrified by this action but I am.
Deku sees the expression and immediately regrets his decision. In fact I think he's even regretting coming out today. Today of all days he has to run into Bakugo while he's out on patrols. Sheepishly Deku walks towards Bakugo. After half a block we are now a couple feet from him. Thankfully the people have stopped bumping into him, so there's that.
"What are you doing out with this fucker" He spoke to me like I was a child
"I'm out with MY FRIEND, however that's none of your concern but if you must know"
"It sure as shit is my concern. I told you I was going to keep creepy stalkers away and here you are out with the most fucked up one of all!"
Well he may be mad but the joke makes me feel teensy bit better
"What? Wheres Mineta!?"
"The fuck are you two doing together?!"
"I TOLD YOU I'M OUT WITH MY FRIEND! ITS NONE OF YOUR CONCERN ANYWAYS WE ARE NOT TOGETHER I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHO I'M WITH OR WHAT I'M DOING… BUT MAYBE I WOULD IF YOU ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING DURING THE DAY!"
"I TRIED TO TALK TO YOU OVER BREAKFAST THIS MORNING"
I pinched the bridge of my nose and sighed. We're making a scene, something I'm not wanting to do but I'm not going to be yelled at like this.
"Excuse me for being a little freaked out about you suddenly in my kitchen when I woke up this morning I was little more shocked at that to think rationally. But like I said we are not together, I don't have to check with you about who I'm spending my day with."
"WELL MAYBE WE SHOULD BE!"
My eyes went wide. I can't even focus on my surroundings.
"NOT IF YOU'RE GOING TO YELL AT ME ALL THE DAMN TIME AND TELL ME WHO I CAN AND CANNOT HANG OUT WITH!"
And with that I stormed off. I left Deku with Bakugo and didn't bother looking back. I'm so angry that tears are just flowing. I'm mad, I'm sad, I'm happy all at the same time. Which meant I'm overwhelmed. I'm mad at that whole situation. Why was he yelling at me? I didn't do anything wrong. But even if I was doing something I was right we aren't together I don't need permission to see my friends. Hell even if we were together I will not get permission to see my friends! I'm mad and happy that he said we should be together. After all I'm really enjoying his company but that is moving a little faster than I expected. But I'm mad as hell at that fact was that was the way he chose to tell me something like that. And sad, because that was a pretty clear realization that I don't think it would work being with him. I'm not going to be controlled. I'm not a child!
My phone rang and I saw that it was Deku. I ignored it but typed a text saying that I was sorry for ended our afternoon a little earlier then expected but I needed clear my head on my own. He said not to worry about it, that he would just head back to UA and help Mei in the lab. I sighed a bit. I didn't even bother asking him if he wanted to go out tonight. O well, I don't even want to go out tonight after what just happened. I walked around by myself just feeling the breeze hit my face. I had too much to process. I had feelings for someone I never thought I would but they were acknowledged and pretty much shut down at the exact same time. I walked to the last building on the road and just used my quirk to float to the top. I sat and stared at the scenery for while. As the sun went down I decided it was time to head home.
I texted mina that I wasn't going to go out tonight. I just wanted to be home by myself. I opened my refrigerator door and found a box sitting on the shelf that I hadn't seen before. On top of it was a note that said "Lunch" When I opened it I saw that it was chicken fried rice. I sighed. He not only made me breakfast but lunch too since he didn't know what my plans were. He really has become thoughtful. I grab the box and pop it into the microwave.
I sat at the table and ate the food that was prepared for me. This is so weird. When I was finished I put the bento box in the sink to wash later. I went to the living room to watch some Tv. After awhile there was a knock at my door. I looked at the clock 8 exactly. CRAP. I hadn't talked to him since the fight in the street. So why is he here? Why would he want to go out after that! "GO AWAY" I yelled. Just then the door opened. "You said you could take care of yourself but here you are with your door unlocked" "who's dumb enough to break into an apartment building that houses ALOT of pro heros?" "You'd be surprised" He said like this was normal conversation to be having. "What are you doing here Bakugo" He sits down on the opposite side of the couch. He's wearing a white shirt with a dark blue over shirt and blue jeans. I can smell him, he smells like burnt sugar and cologne. The two mingle perfectly.
"I said I would be at your place at 8 to take you out, so here I am" He says this so calmly.
"I don't want to go out"
"Why not"
"Why do you care"
"Why do you have to argue and avoid the questions?"
"FINE YOU WANY ANSWERS I"LL GIVE YOU ANSWERS! I WASN'T AT THE COFFEE SHOP THE OTHER MORNING BECAUSE I WAS EMBARRASSED THAT I FELL ASLEEP ON YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW YOU FELT ABOUT IT. I WAS TALKING TO DEKU ABOUT YOU BECAUSE I WAS TELLING HIM I LIKED YOU, BUT I WAS AFRAID OF IT. AND NOW I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT BECAUSE OF HOW MAD YOU GOT EARLIER AND HOW UPSET IT MADE ME. I CAME TO TERMS WITH LIKING YOU AND YOU FLY OFF THE HANDLE BECAUSE I WAS OUT WITH MY FRIEND AND THEN YOU THROW OUT "MAYBE WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER" BUT I TOOK IT AS YOU ONLY WANT TO BE WITH ME SO YOU CAN CONTROL ME!"
At this point tears are pouring out. I'm sniffling, I'm almost hyperventilating. I'm freaking out. I got up to leave but his hand grabs my wrist and before I know it he's puling me into his chest and wrapping his arms around me.
"Oh" it's all he said. I tried to pull away from him but each time I did his grip on me tightened. I cried Into his chest until I had no more tears left. When I finally settled down he started to speak
"I'm sorry. This whatever "this is" *he wavies his hands around* is new to me. I, I don't know how to handle it. Its like you just showed up one day and without my permission you just made a home inside my brain. I'm confused. I don't like people. I don't like people around me, I don't like talking to people. But you I like. I like being around you. I like feeding you, I like talking to you. But I don't know how to handle any of this. I saw you with that loser and I just got mad. Madder then I had been in a while, and you are right. I had no right to be which confused me. When I saw you run off I saw you crying, and even now you're crying and I don't know how to feel about this. Its upsetting me. Normally I couldn't care less, but here I am caring about you. A person that just showed up outta no where. I don't do feelings. I don't know how." I'm pretty sure this is the most I've heard him talk at one time. And it was even weirder that it was about feelings. Something he's only been passionate about when it came to his hatred of Deku. I had stopped crying. This was so unexpected. I finally got up and grabbed a tissue off the coffee table. I handed him one to wipe off his shirt but he just held it and kept his eyes down. When I sat back down I took my original seat on the opposite side of the couch. Being in his arms was better than I expected but it was unknown territory. When I sat down I pulled my legs to my chest and wrapped my arms around them and sighed heavily.
"I don't want to be with you to control you. You are right, I cannot be upset about you hanging out with your friends, even if it is Deku. I just. I didn't want this. I wasn't interested in anyone. I didn't want someone to take care of. I could care less about what someone else is doing. I don't give a flying fuck about anyones feelings. Hell I don't even care about my own. I've pushed everything down so it wouldn't get in the way, But like I said, you just made a home inside my head. I tried so hard to push you out that it was like pushing a building. You weren't going anywhere. Then you started showing up everywhere. I started making sure I was at the coffee place when you were since you told me you had late mornings I made those my late mornings. I had never done that for anyone, in fact I normally probably would have made sure I wasn't going to run into you. On the way out last night I talked to All Might about this. He told me he'd never seen me acting so genuine towards another person. That it made him happy that I was happy. And I thought, I was happy before but that was just because I didn't know. Its like living in a world with no sound then suddenly you can hear. At first it's overwhelming. You freak out at every little thing, but then you start to appreciate it. You appreciate the laughter, the giggles, the sound of someone snoring softly. Then it really hits you when you hear someone admit they have feelings for you. Something I always thought I was not worthy of receiving from anyone. But I freaked out. And I'm sorry."
I stared at him. I didn't know what to say or do. I didn't know how to process all of that. That was such a huge confession. After a moment I put my legs down and slowly crawled over to him. I climbed in his lap without permission. I could feel him tense up but after a moment he relaxed and put his arms around me like he did before. We stayed like that for couple of minutes. I snuggled into him deeper then I had before, careful not to put my face on the wet spot I had made previously with my hysterical crying. He stirred a little and I pulled my head off of his chest to look at him. " I may not know how to handle feelings, or how to be someone to someone else, but I wasn't lying when I said that maybe we should be together. It's not going to be easy. In fact its going to be hard as hell, but I want to give it a shot. I can't promise its always going to be sunshine and rainbows. I understand if you just want to stay friends"
I put my head back on his chest. He was right this is alot to process. I closed my eyes and ignored the question. Ignored the situation. Years ago I wanted to be laying on Deku's chest like this. I wanted him to be the one to comfort me when I was having a bad day. But I don't want that anymore. I haven't wanted that in so long. I haven't even thought about trying to find someone to be in a relationship with. I was fine with the occasional hook ups that came with tinder. But here I was wrapped in the arms of Katsuki Bakugo and I can't imagine being with anyone else. This just feels right. I can't explain it. I was getting tired. I've cried so much today that I don't have any energy left. With out even opening my eyes I said "Have you ever known me to give-up on something because it was hard?" "No" "exactly" and with that last word I dozed off.