"Bakugou! I need your help with something!" Mina yelled as she came running into the study room.
"Don't yell in the study room!" Iida yells back.
"But you're yelling too Iida!" Denki says looking up from the homework.
"But- My apologies, please no yelling in the study room, Mina." He says in a quiet tone.
"It's okay Iida, I'm sorry I was loud, I just really have to talk with Bakugou about something urgent," Mina explained as she started looking around for Bakugou.
"Come on, I finished my homework, let's go out in the hall." He stated as he closed his books and gathered his stuff.
"Thank you!" Mina started as she held the door open for him.
"So what is so urgent?" Bakugou asked as they closed the door behind him and he started walking towards his room.
"Have you noticed anything off with Kiri over the past couple of weeks?" She asked as she caught up with him only to almost run into his back when he suddenly stopped.
"What do you know? He hasn't told me anything. All he does is work out, I don't even see him eat anymore. I'm getting worried about him."
"Oh big bad Bakugou, actually cares for someone else!" She jokes as he glares her down. "I'm sorry! As you know, I've known Kiri since middle school, more of his emo phase time. But back then he had some other things going on."
"What other things?"
"I don't think he would want me to tell you about this but I don't care at this point cause he won't let me help and you're the only one I know he will listen to. I don't want to bring it up to his mothers again-" Mina started mumbling.
"Mina! You're mumbling just as bad as the nerd, stop hanging around with him!"
"But he's been helping me with my studies and my grades have gotten so much better!"
"Fine! Just don't mumble around me! Now, what were you saying? What is wrong with Kiri? I think I might already know but I don't want to jump to conclusions."
"Kiri was diagnosed with an eating disorder back in middle school. He would never tell me the details, just that it's an eating disorder and that he was getting help for it. He went to therapy and ended up seeing a personal trainer and that's when he gained all his muscles. I'm pretty sure that something happened and now he relapsed. I don't know what to do at this point besides tell Sensi or tell his moms again, but I don't want to break his trust like that. I know I'm already kind of doing it now cause I told you, but he needs help before it gets bad again." Mina finishes explaining as she wipes a few tears off her cheeks.
"Here-" Bakugou says as he pulls out a bag of tissues from his pocket. " The nerd's allergies have been acting up and I hate when he sniffles, so I always keep a pack with me."
"Thank you," Mina replies as she blows her nose.
"Let me talk with Kiri, I know it may not seem like it, but I have experience helping someone with their eating disorder. Give me about a week to help Kiri, and if I can't we can tell Sensei. Where is he now?"
"Last I saw, he was headed to the gym. That's why I finally talked to you about it."
"We spent all day working out at school and the physical training, no one should be working out now. The nerd isn't even working out now." Bakugou states as he pushes his books into Mina's hands. "Put these in my room, don't touch anything, and leave as soon as you do. I'm going to get Kiri, even if I have to drag him out of there."
"Please help him!" Mina yelled at him as he left the front of the building.
"Shitty Hair!" Bakugou yelled as soon as he entered the gym, scaring half the people in the middle of their sets.
"What's up Bakubro?" Kirishima answered as he took off his boxing glove and grabbed his water.
"What the fuck are you doing here? We had hero training all day, you need some rest!" Bakugou stated as he walked up to him.
"I wanted to work on some of my fighting skills today." He replied as he started putting his gloves back on before reaching above his head and stretching, accidentally lifting his shirt up exposing his even more defined six pack.
"Shitty hair! When was the last time you ate?" Bakugou asked as he looked at the lack of fat on his stomach.
"Food? Oh, I drank a shake before I came here."
"A Pre-workout shake is not eating," Bakugou stated flatly now understanding more of the situation. "Come with me."
"I still have some more sets that I wanted to do, can whatever it is wait?" Kirishima started to say as he slowly backed up towards the punching bag.
"No Ejiro, you need to come with me now. I will drag you out of here screaming if I have to." He replied as he grabbed Kirishima's bag "Do you have anything in the locker room or is this it?"
"Bakubro, I'm fine I promise."
"No, you are not. I should have noticed it a while ago, but I was being too stubborn. But now I know and I'm not gonna ignore it. Come on time to go. Hand me the gloves."
"I can't say no otherwise can I?" Kirishima asks as he looks at Bakugou. "Okay, fine."
Kirishima takes off and hands over the boxing gloves as he grabs his towel and his water bottle.
"Where are we going?" Kirishima asked.
"Just follow me," Bakugou stated as he started walking, keeping Kirishima in his view.
"Take a seat!" Bakugou orders as he drops the workout bag near the island in the kitchen of the dorms. "Don't you dare try to leave, I will drag you back here if I have to."
"Bakubro, what are we doing here? Did you want company while cooking?"
"No. Just sit there and let me cook."
"Okay." Kirishima agrees while he puts his head down on his arms, slowly falling asleep.
"Shitty hair, wake up!" Kirishima heard as he jumped up.
"Sorry!" Kirishima yells as he puts his hands up.
"It's fine, you're tired. Here eat this and then we can bring the group and take the rest of the night to watch some movies or something. It is Friday night after all." Bakugou explains as he puts a plate in front of Kirishima, along with a small bowl of rice and a bowl of miso. "I know that this may seem like a lot of food, but it is nutrient-dense so that you can still get a lot of nutrients while slowly starting to eat more again."
"I'm guessing you figured out what is going on?" Kirishima questioned as he picked up his chopsticks and started playing around with the food on his plate. "Did Mina mention something?"
"She was forced too, but I started seeing the signs a couple weeks ago, but I did not put the pieces together till she brought it up earlier," Bakugou said as he picked up his own food and started eating alongside Kiri. "One of my friends from middle school also had an eating disorder, so whenever they start to relapse or start doing the habits again, I'm always there to help them."
Kirishima stopped moving the food around his plate and picked up a piece of the baked chicken staring at it before finally eating it. "Anorexia, I was diagnosed with it during middle school. I've been getting better since then, I had a personal trainer and a psychologist before I started getting really busy in the internships and everything. One of the interviewers asked a question about me gaining weight while working at Fat Gum's agency. It was just a small comment about my weight but it triggered something in me."
"Who the hell said that?!" Bakugou started yelling "Tell me their name!"
"Bakubro, it's not worth it. I'm actually planning on bringing it up to Fat Gum and trying to get that journalist banned from our conferences." Kirishima says as he eats another piece of meat. "I know it's stupid to overreact, but it matters a lot to me."
"I get it, I may not know how you're feeling right now, but I understand wanting and needing to be the best. But in order for you to be your best, you need to eat. I was there when the nerd was talking to you about how you can use some of Fat Gum's quirk to your advantage to help with your unbreakable form. As much as I hate to say it, the nerd was right, the science and idea of it do add up. When your abs were less noticeable, it showed by you getting fewer bruises and being able to take more punches there."
"But I look fat and disgusting! How is anyone gonna look up to me as a role model or how am I supposed to protect people if they think I'm fat and disgusting." Kirishima starts getting angry and drops his chopsticks, slowly starting to tear up. "I'm not worth anything if I'm fat."
"Shut the fuck up shitty hair! No matter what you do there will always be people looking up to you as a role model. Then there are gonna be people who will say or do anything just to try and make you feel bad. What about Fat Gum, he's huge but he still has a huge following and everyone, including you loves him."
"But it's part of his quirk! It's not part of mine!" Kirishima screams as he picks up the untouched bowl of rice and throws it across the room smashing it against the wall.
"Then make it part of your quirk. People change their quirks and fighting styles all the time, so why not?" Bakugou starts explaining as he gets up and grabs a new bowl and fills it as much as the other one was, before placing it in front of Kirishima.
"It won't work!"
"Have you given it a good try?" Bakugou asked as he sat back down and started eating his own food again.
"I-I guess I haven't really."
"You may lose some fans that are only with you for your body, but I think it'll be worth it. I know Mina keeps mentioning that something called a 'dad bod' is in right now. It may increase your fan base." Bakugou explained.
"What about you, which one do you like better? Super fit or the fat Kirishima?" Kirishima asked without looking up at him with a blush rising on his cheeks.
"I liked it when you were happy and didn't care so much about what others said about you. I liked it better when I could cook us a meal and you would actually eat it without feeling guilty." Bakugou explained as he picked up Kirishima's chopsticks and put them back into his hand. "I like you no matter what you look like, I started liking you for your personality, not your looks."
"You-What?" Kirishima exclaims as he stares at Bakugou.
"You heard me, Shitty Hair, I like you." Bakugou chuckles as his cheeks start turning red.
"Really? You like me even with everything?" Kirishima started to ask as Bakugou raised an eyebrow while taking a sip of his miso soup. "But what about all my issues, I'm so fat, I'm stupid, I can't do anything right. Why do you like me?"
"One, you're not fat, you never were and I don't care if you ever do become fat. Two you are not stupid, your grades have been improving since we started using the study techniques. Three, you do everything right, everyone loves you and you're doing great in your internship. I heard about your fight, still wanna kill you for being so reckless, but you took down the enemy and helped save Eri. I like you for your personality, your extremely caring, and your willingness to go to the end of the earth to help people. I like the fact that you're not scared of me and you've always been there for me. So now it's my turn to be there for you, and to save you from the villain that is your own mind sabotaging yourself." Bakugou finishes as he pushes the plate closer to Kirishima.
"Oh, my knight in shining armor! How will I ever repay you?" Kirishima starts joking as he picks up more of the dish and starts to eat it.
"By getting better so we can spend the rest of our lives together," Bakugou says as he places a kiss on Kirishima's cheek.
"For you, I will try."
"That's all I am asking for," Bakugou asks as he goes back to eating alongside Kirishima.