Disclaimer: I do not own My Hero Academia.

Ochako Uraraka POV

I wake up at 9am to a good morning text from my boyfriend, Tadashi, and a little heart emoji. This always made me smile and I started my morning stretches. A habit He had got her into during time at UA, He always made sure to be warmed up for our early morning sparring sessions, and thus got me into the habit. The more I thought about him, the more nervous I got for this upcoming trip…

*Flashback to 3 months prior*

Sunday night had rolled around and after a long workout at the gym I was laying on the couch watching some shows recorded from the week. I had a guilty pleasure of watching one trashy reality show in particular, I was so excited to see what would happen on this week's episode. I started blindly going through my social media as the recap was playing. Suddenly something shocking appeared and I shut my phone off. "No way." I said out loud. Taking a breath, I reopened the facebook app. Reading to myself "Katsuki Bakugou updated his profile picture." Looking at it for a second, it wasn't a bad picture…it was an old picture. Which wouldn't have meant anything had it been someone else. But I know Bakugou, he was never one for social media. He was never on it, never updated his status, never shared videos. Probably the only reason he didn't unfriend me was because he was never on it. So this shocked me when to my knowledge his last profile picture to be one with him and his… girlfriend. Maybe they broke up…I caught myself wondering. That could be the only explanation. I quickly turned my phone back on and checked his About Me and it didn't list any relationship at all which was surprising too.

I never met this girl, but I knew I didn't like her. It wasn't anything I ever heard, but it was just a feeling. All their photos looked forced, and almost all the time Bakugou looked annoyed. There was only two tagged photos I ever noticed where he genuinely looked happy. And they were with his first girlfriend…Camie. I really like Camie, if fact I really liked Camie and Bakugou together. I always thought that was the one Bakugou let get away. Remembering a certain picture that was from their third year when they started dating- that Camie made her profile picture for the longest time, I smiled to myself. It must have been in his dorm room because it was taken on a computer camera. She was wearing his hero mask and making a scowl at the camera, most likely pretending to be him. And you could tell he was uncomfortable as he sat next to her with his face hidden in her neck out of embarrassment. It was the cutest ever! After graduation he got an offer at an agency in Tokyo where she was already working, she wanted them to move in together but Bakugou thought that was moving a bit too fast. About 4 months later her agency expanded and she ended up moving to London. They actually made it work for a while after that. He even visited her in London once. At this point Bakugou and I were no longer talking…but I saw pictures on Camie's social media. It must have been too much though because Camie had changed her status to Single in time. Then blasted her London adventures with many different guys all over social media. In my opinion this is why Bakugou must have started dating this new girl.

But now I was confused. Was he single or in a relationship? Well I got her answer on Wednesday night. Tadashi and I were out to a late dinner. I was able to get out early from work at 6pm and he made reservations for sushi at 7pm. We just sat down when I started looking through social media. Catching up from what I might have missed out on while at work. Besides the dramatic side of social media I did follow local news stations and such and really did try and keep up with local news for current events and my parents…I also liked the cute animal videos people shared. When I opened my snapchat app, I was surprised to see a snap from ….Bakugou. I must have had a strange expression on my face because before I even opened it, I heard Tadashi ask "Hey, is everything okay" in a very concerned voice.

"oh haha yeah…I just got a picture message from a very….very old friend. We umm…haven't talked in like 3 years so just very surprised I guess" I quietly stated. He just nodded unsure of how to react. I opened the message and it was a picture of…. Food?

"That looks really tasty!" I replied. Trying my best to sound happy and excited- my supposed usual disposition. But really wondering if he would say anything to the fact this was awkward as hell…. He doesn't talk to me in 3 years and the first communication is a picture of Oyakodon?

The conversation with Tadashi quickly turned to this "old friend."

"So, I know lots of your friends, which one is this?" he asked.

"ummm well you don't know this one, his name is Bakugou. Katsuki Bakugou. We use to be friends at UA…really best friends as we went into our 3rd year." I replied

"Do I…need to worry?" he asked apprehensively

"I'm not sure yet." I said meekly

"He…makes me emotional. He has cut me off before, but no more than a few days or weeks we'd go without talking. But the winter before we graduated we stayed talking and friends in the beginning but after Holiday we stopped, no reason either…there's never a reason. He just shuts down. But this last time…we never…reconciled" I said sadly.

"well let me know if you need me to beat him up" he said proudly.

"Hahaha it's not like that" I giggled. Thinking no way would he stand a chance against Bakugou.

Taking a serious note I followed up "There's only two people from UA that I shared everything with…. everything with my family and personal struggles… he's one of them. So if he wants to make an effort to be friends again, it's something I'd really like" I said in all sincerity as I smiled.

"he isn't like….an old boyfriend or anything right?" He asked hesitantly

"oh goodness NOOOO" I blurted out while giggling. Simultaneously taking a picture of my sushi and soup sending it to Bakugou.

"haha just making sure" he said visibly relieved.

We continued our meal in peace, talking about one another's day and he dropped me off shortly after. After all, he had to be up pretty early the next day, he worked as a lab researcher for a small local company. I admired the work he did, I only knew enough science to utilize my quirk to the best ability. But he really knew intricate things I couldn't begin to comprehend. We had been dating for 2ish years and everything was going great. There was a short period of time we went on a break but we got past that and I truly did love him.

As soon as I got settled I reopened the app and bakugou sent me back a message.

"you didn't even get anything good." He most likely deadpanned.

"Hey I love salmon and roe" I replied with an emoji that showed how tasty my meal was.

"whatever roundface" he replied

My heart stopped at the nostalgia. I really did love the little nicknames we had for one another back at UA. At first they were annoying because he didn't care to know people. But everything changed for us at least after the first sports festival. He called me names teasingly, because he did know my actual name after that.

"I like to keep my taste buds. What, did you have shichimi all over yours?" I joked

"hell ya" he replied very fast which made me think he just had the app open at this point.

"So… what are you up to" I replied unsure of how he would take it but also not wanting our conversation to end.

"Just out tonight. Kirishima came down and he's dragging me out to a few bars after we eat. Don't have work Thursdays so don't really have a good excuse." He replied.

I giggled to myself, knowing how he use to be. Bakugou was never much of a social body or really a drinker…actually he was kind of a light weight. I wondered how he was now…

"At least you still have some great friends by your side" I typed but sent nervously. The thought of "reminiscing" would definitely not go unnoticed. He wasn't responding or typing.

"How's your girlfriend?" I nervously sent.

"ughh...she kinda bein a fuckin 'bitch" he snapped

"I think I'm gunna dump her soon" he replied before I could respond

"I'm sorry to hear that, is it something you really can't fix?" I replied. I just wanted him to be happy but didn't know if I was stepping too much on his toes… I mean we haven't talked about anything in the past 3 years.

"nah, shes just always yelling at me about shit. She moved in a bit ago too, and is driving me crazy. It's just not working." "but I don't wanna throw her out, so im waiting till she can find a place... which is hopefully fucking soon." He replied.

I was so amazed with how open he was being with me. It's like I time traveled back 3 years and we picked up where we left off. We talked till 2am..which I knew was a bad idea since I needed to be up at 6 for work. But I just lost track of time. It was always easy to talk to him. Plus I knew he liked being the wall flower when it came to going out, so I was probably a good excuse not to do shots or get crazy while he was out with Kirishima. We talked all about Tokyo and his agency, I shared a little of my life but reserved most of it. I was still internally angry at him for disappearing on me. But I wouldn't risk this openness he displayed to reprimand him…yet.

"One day ill get to Tokyo, its probably the only major city close by I haven't gotten a chance to explore" I happily stated. Yawning at my actual phone.

"Well if you ever get around to it, feel free to couch surf at my place" he replied

"Once the bitch gets out of here obviously. Don't need her yelling at me for more shit" He quickly added

"Haha Thanks Bakugou" I sent with an eye roll emoji before closing out of the app. Only to notice 5 messages from my boyfriend. All various forms of goodnight and how he had a good time tonight. I felt guilty having given all my time to Bakugou. I turned on Hide Alerts for his texts because we talk so much throughout a day that I hate hearing my phone ping all day. But that means I missed all the notifications while I wasn't at work too. I thought it was best not to respond since I might wake him and its… OMG it's 3:30am ughhhhh I need sleep.

*End Flashback*

I tried to ignore my thoughts of the other night, contacting Bakugou to see if I could stay the night on his couch. I'm sure my agency would have at least partially reimburse me if I booked a hotel. But that still meant I would have to put it on my credit card. And hotels in Tokyo are still very extravagant, it'd probably only get approved for one still pretty far away from center city- which is where Bakugou's apartment was. I thought it was a win-win, don't spend money and be close to the conference event location. Now…to tell my boyfriend. We usually met up Saturday mornings to go biking. The past year I tried to be more interested in his interests. One of them was biking, not like a motorcycle, like carbon fiber bikes. To be honest, going so fast on a bike terrified me, but we spent time together which was important. At 9:30 sharp I hear a knock on my door. I got out quick saying bye to my mom who was up in the kitchen. I always tried to be ready when he arrived, for some reason my parents don't really like my boyfriend. I never really confronted them about their reasoning, but decided it was best to just handle it was it came.