"Oh, no, Izuku!" Yaoyorozu gasped, picking up the three-year-old. "Look at you! Oh, Aizawa-sensei is going to kill us!"
"Paint!" Izuku squealed, wiping a bit of red on Momo's cheek. She sighed.
To get to the washroom, Momo had to go through the common room, where a majority of the other girls and a couple guys were hanging out. They stared at Momo as she crossed the room.
"What happened?" Uraraka asked. "Do you need help?"
"Yes, please. Izuku found a bunch of paint. Luckily, it was non-toxic, I checked. But he made a huge mess and if you guys could clean it up, I'd really appreciate it!"
"On it!" Kirishima said. "I'll get the cleaning supplies."
"I'll come, too!" Hagakure followed the boy.
"Psh, brat." Bakugou walked up to Momo and looked down at the kid. "Hey, Deku." Izuku looked up at the boy with big eyes. He smiled. "Kacchan!" he cheered, adding a little orange to Bakugou's black shirt. The older boy growled.
"Okay, time for a bath, Izuku!" Momo said, turning back toward the washroom. Izuku started wailing.
"No bath!" he cried, twisting in her grasp. Momo omphed when he kicked her in the stomach. A couple more moments, and he had escaped.
"Oi!" Bakugou chased after him. "Get back here, Deku!"
"No!" Izuku giggled, tears still on his cheeks, mixing with blue and green paint. "No bath!"
Momo ran in another direction, knowing that the hall looped around back that way.
Then she heard an explosion. She paused, then started running faster, panic on her face.
Oh Bakugou, you didn't-!
She rounded the corner and stopped, gaping at the sight. Bakugou was holding his hand in front of Deku, making little explosions. Izuku watched curiously, then reached out a hand to touch. Bakugou caught his hand.
"No, don't do that, Deku." he grumbled. "I don't want to deal with you burning yourself."
"Pretty," Izuku murmured, mesmerized.
"Yeah?" Bakugou asked, a little surprised. "Well, guess what? I know how to make a bath cool with this. But I can't show you, I don't have a test subject."
Izuku looked confused for a second, trying to figure out what Bakugou meant. Then he gasped. "I'll be a test subject!" He jumped up and down, hands up in the air.
"Stupid Deku, only someone brave and awesome can be a test subject." Bakugou closed his fist, extinguishing the sparks.
Izuku pointed at himself, smiling widely. "I'm awesome! And brave!"
"Are you, brat?" Bakugou frowned, thinking. "Hm… huh, I guess you are. But you have to be really, really brave."
"How brave?"
"Braver than All Might," Bakugou said, putting his big hands on Izuku's small shoulders. Izuku pouted. "No one's braver than All Might," he muttered.
"Nani?" Bakugou asked. "You want to be a hero, right?"
Izuku nodded determinedly.
"Then you have to be brave. And awesome. Like me!" Bakugou stood up and struck a pose. "I'm going to be the number one hero!"
Izku looked up at him in awe. Bakugou smirked. "So, are you brave and awesome enough?"
Izuku nodded quickly. He tried to strike the same pose as Bakugou, failing brilliantly. Bakugou will forever deny that he loved that.
"Then we must go to the washroom!" Bakugou declared. "It'll be our lab."
"To the lab!" Izuku ran down the hall.
"Wow, Bakugou," Momo said.
"Ha?" Bakugou whipped around to see Momo standing behind him. "What do you mean, Ponytail?"
Momo smiled. "I didn't know you had a soft spot for Izuku."
Bakugou growled. "Tell anyone, and I'll blow your fucking face off."
"Noted," Momo nodded. "Now, you have an experiment to conduct. Hurry, before Izuku gets bored."
"Psh!" Bakugou stalked off.
Needless to say, Aizawa was very confused as to why his adopted son was following the most explosive kid in his class around.
Another long chapter! Yay!
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