Chapter 25:
Romance, Fluff, and Cuddles PT1
Summary:
The boys have a few days before the training Camp. Kirishima brings Luffy on a date. Katsuki is still salty at Izuku because he put himself in danger again.
there is a part where Kacchan and Izuku "Explore" each other. It is not quite smut but it is marked if your don't want to read it.
It is a week before the training camp due to the mall incident Inko and Shanks forbid them from leaving the house just incase Shigaraki was still watching them. They are finally allowed to go out so Kirishima takes this opportunity to take Luffy out. He has had about a week to think of something they can do, keeping Izuku's words in mind. 'Luffy Likes anything action based.' Kirishima looked into new movies but nothing interesting was out. Mostly just Romcom, he doesn't think Luffy would like something like that. There is a movie coming out in a couple of weeks about Pirates going on an adventure the trailer looked action packed. It is supposed to come out shortly after they get back from their training camp.
Anyways he is getting off topic, he is going to take Luffy to a secret spot he discovered as a kid and invite him to spar with him. Then he is going to finish the date off with a picnic he had Katsuki help him with. He is extremely excited and nervous for this date. He gets dressed in loose fitting training clothes and leaves to go to the Midoriya house to fetch Luffy. He arrives at the spot where they will be training at and stashes the food and blanket in a hole in a tree. Twenty-five minutes and a train ride later he has arrived at the Midoriya House. He knocks and waits nervously until Inko opens the door.
"Hello, Kirishima. Come in." Inko welcomes kindly.
"Good morning Inko, Is Luffy here?" Kirishima tries to hide his blush and nervousness, by the look on Inko's face, he can tell he failed… Miserably. His blush intensifies and Inko must take pity on him because she smiles warmly at him.
"Whatever you have planned for him, I'm sure he will love." She comforts. "I'm go get him for you. Anything in particular you want me to tell him."
"No just don't tell him it is a date." Kirishima laughs as he rubs the back of his head.
"Ok just wait here." She turns and walks down the hall and knocks lightly on Luffy's door. "Kirishima is here for you."
Kirishima hear Luffy excitedly shout out. "Kiri!" Kirishima smiles softly as he hears Luffy rummaging in his room presumably getting dressed.
"He is getting dressed should be out…" Inko starts before she almost get barreled over by the rubbery teen.
"Kiri!" Luffy shouts as he collides with Kirishima laughing like seeing Kirishima is the greatest thing ever. Except maybe meat, but Kirishima understand and is ok with being a close second to meat.
Kirishima chuckles at the boy "Hey Lu, umm I wanted to know if you wanted to come hangout with me today. Maybe get some training in before camp."
Luffy's eyes light up. "Yes. Of course." He detaches himself and slips on his signature flip flops. He follows Kirishima out the door tossing a casual "I'll be home later, Bye" as he bounces after Kirishima.
"So… Kiri?" Luffy gets the other boys attention. Kirishima hums and Luffy continues "Where are we going?"
"Somewhere secret. I don't want to spoil it." Kirishima chuckles at the boy's responding pout.
They walk to the station in idle chatter. They wait for 10 minutes when they get there for their train. The train arrives and they get on weaving through the crowd of people. They find a spot with less people around and sit. Luffy leans into Kirishima still vibrating with excitement. Kirishima has noticed a few things about Luffy in the few months they have known each other. First being that Luffy is fiercely protective of his friends. Secondly, he is perpetually happy all the time, except when one of his friends is in danger or in a spar. Luffy shows the same determination and concentration that Izuku and Katsuki display. Finally, while Luffy is extremely affectionate, he is pretty closed off. Meaning he doesn't mind leaning into Kirishima on occasion, but he doesn't like to hold hands in public. Kirishima thinks he understands Luffy has grown up with the others being trained by Shanks. It is understandable that Shanks probably conditioned them to be on guard all the time. Luffy fights with his fists, holding hands means he won't be as ready to throw a punch instinctually if he needs to.
Kirishima is pulled out of his thoughts when the automated voice on the train call out their stop. Kirishima nudges Luffy to rouse him and heads to the door on the side of the train. As the other passengers get off, he leads Luffy of toward an almost completely hidden path into the woods. This path has been overgrown and neglected probably for years. He pulls a branch back and smiles at Luffy while gesturing him to enter. He leads Luffy deeper into the forest. "I found this place when I was a kid. When my quirk came in and I hurt myself with it. I used to come here knowing no one else would be here. I didn't want to hurt anyone."
Luffy looks around the clearing he notices a small serene stream with some rocks surrounding it. He takes in the size of the clearing it is not small but also not as big as the training rooms at the Red Force. It is big enough to do some light sparring. Luffy takes in the different colors of wildflowers and what looks like wild fruit. Surprisingly not touched by animals. The trees vary in size and type ranging from Ginkgo, cherry trees and dogwood. It is beautiful, Luffy gasps and takes in all the scenery. "I can see why you would escape here. It is beautiful."
"I wanted to share this place with you. I may have only bad memories here, but I was hoping that with your help we can make some good ones as well." Kirishima blushes, in his head that sounded really cool. Out loud it sounded corny, he hopes that Luffy doesn't mention it thought.
"I wouldn't mind coming here with you when ever you want me too." Luffy states with a small smile not catching the cheesiness of Kirishima request, instead taking it as something to help Kirishima with. He would gladly do anything for Kirishima. He can understand now why Izuku and Katsuki act the way they do. He can't imagine what his and Kiri's bond will be like in 10 years.
Kirishima brakes Luffy out of his daydreaming with a soft chuckle "Well would you like to spar with me."
Luffy looks around the place a bit. For once sparring doesn't interest him right now. He doesn't want to ruin this place with his attacks. He looks at Kirishima with a conflicted expression marring his features.
Kirishima panics a bit "Luffy what's wrong, I thought you would want to spar?"
Before the redhead can spiral farther into a panic attack Luffy hugs him. "Kiri look at me" Kirishima looks up with a sad look on his face. "It's not that I don't want to spar with you, or that I don't like the idea. In fact I have been dying to spar with you alone for a while."
Kirishima's face morphs into confusion "Then what's wrong?"
Luffy looks at him with a thoughtful expression. He taps his chin with his index finger "Umm you are gonna think it is stupid. And it probably is." He pauses trying to get his feelings into words. After a few moments he starts explaining hoping Kirishima understands. "My moves are destructive; I don't want to leave this place looking like a natural disaster blew through here. This place is beautiful… I just don't wanna spar here."
Kirishima sighs a breath "So you don't hate the idea of sparring, just not in this location?" at Luffy's confirming nod he continues "Do you wanna leave and find a different spot to spar in?" Luffy shakes his head no. Kirishima thinks for a moment but comes up empty handed on what else they can do "Danm, this date is not going the way I thought it would" He says quietly dejected.
Luffy hears what Kirishima said and with eyes widening he asks "Date? We are on a date?"
Kirishima looks at Luffy, panic is barely visible in the rubber teens chocolate eyes. Kirishima rubs the back of his neck "Yea, Izuku said I should surprise you with a date. I didn't know what I should do and Izuku offered some advice and told me you like action related things and that you would love a sparing match. I was planning on taking you to the movies but all that is being showed are Romance movies. I didn't think you would be interested in those." Luffy makes a disgusted face at the mention of Romance movies. Kirishima chuckles "So I planned a spar in this location, in this place you can see a beautiful sunset over the mountains and at night the sky has so many stars. I figured we would spar and then lay here for a bit under the stars." Kirishima rubs the back of his head embarrassed. He is all about romance and always liked looking at the stars when he was troubled in the past. "But now I don't know what else to do before then."
"I'm sorry I ruined your plans for a date." Luffy smiles softly.
"It is ok Luffy, but it is not all your fault. I just didn't think that you might not want to spar here. I didn't think you would care about the location." Kirishima states.
Luffy looks appalled but then settles on understanding "I mean usually I don't care where I am when I spar; but I care about this place because it is special to you." He finishes with a light blush. "You wouldn't have showed me this place or asked me to make new memories here with you if it wasn't"
Kirishima sighs again "I suppose you are right Luffy. What do you wanna do now?"
Luffy thinks for a second "Have you explored more of this area, like have you followed the stream just to see where it goes?" Kirishima looks confused at Luffy and shakes his head. Luffy flashes him a blinding smile "Then let's go on an adventure. Let's find out where this stream goes." Luffy puts his straw-hat on his head blinding smile still on his face as he giggles happily.
Kirishima shrugs his shoulders and smiles back to Luffy "Ok, lets go then. As the leader of our expedition I name you Captain Luffy."
Luffy chuckles and cheers singing a song off key as they head to the stream. Kirishima plays the role as first mate. "Captain which way should we go?"
Luffy adopts a serious expression, he looks one way then the other. "Let's go upstream first." Luffy checks to makes sure the water won't weaken him to severely and puts his hand in the stream. The depth is about ankle deep. He notices it is fresh water probably coming from the top of the mountains; as he isn't weakened by it like he would be if this was salt water.
"Lead the way Captain." Kirishima states.
Luffy chuckles and jumps into the shallow water. He continues his marching song off key causing Kirishima to try to hide his chuckles.
The Islands in the south are warm-
And their heads get really hot
They grow-a pineapples
They grow-a coconuts
And they're all Morons!
Kirishima is openly chuckling now he doesn't know where Luffy heard this song, but it is hilarious. Luffy continues, paying no mind to the redheads chuckling.
The islands in the north are snowy-
And their heads get really cold
They're very chilly-chilly
They're very willy-nilly
And they're idiots!"
(I secretly wanted a reason to add this song in…. so here)
Luffy pauses as something catches his eye. There is a small wounded snow leopard, he may not be as smart as Izuku or even Katsuki, but he is pretty sure The Snow Leopard is not native to Japan. Luffy approaches the wounded animal cautiously and slowly. He reaches his hand close to the wounded animals face and waits for the animal to come to him. Growing up dealing with Izuku learning his wolf form has taught him how to handle wounded and scared animals. Keep all motions slow and concise, no sudden movements. Do not touch the animal until sure that the animal trusts you enough. Don't make eye contact and never turn your back to the animal.
The animal huffs out a whimper cradling his injured leg close to his chest. The big cat looks curiously at the out-stretched hand and leans a little closer. To the cat the boy smells like nature and the open sea. There is a touch of another predator scent on him. The cat looks at the other boy and lets out a warning growl.
Luffy hears the growl and tilts his head slightly still keeping his eyes on the big cat and addresses Kirishima. "It's ok Kirishima, growing up with Izuku I know what to do to deal with injured and scared animals."
Kirishima relaxes a bit and moves closer to Luffy. He sits beside the other boy "can you walk me through this. I'm a little scared." He whispers.
Luffy smiles softly "First thing animals can smell fear, they will consider you a threat, and possibly attack. If your scared, then you need to back up and stand behind me. You just need to realize that the animal is mostly just as scared right now, your fear adds to that." He confidently tells Kirishima and gives him a few moments to settle himself. "Secondly move slowly and quietly, no sudden movements." Kirishima nods. Luffy continues "Never stare into the animals eyes but watch him and never turn your back to the animal. They could lash out." He watches as Kirishima watches the animal without extended eye contact. He smiles "slowly reach out your hand about halfway" Kirishima follows Luffy's guidelines as he speaks up "Now wait for him to close the distance, if he growls do not immediately snap your hand back move it slowly back until he stops growling then wait."
Kirishima takes a few moments to calm himself as he waits for the injured cat to smell him. He relaxes as he watches the animal lean his head toward him and gently sniffs his hand. The big cat then pulls away and watches the two boys as he lays his head on his non injured paw. Kirishima thinks this is a good sign; he is proven correct when he notice Luffy moving closer to the animal.
"Hey there buddy, can I see your paw." Luffy speaks to the animal softly. "It looks injured, we are going to help you." Luffy slowly waves Kirishima over he is going to need the other boys help keeping the animal calm. "Kirishima I will need your help keeping him calm enough so I can look at his paw."
Kirishima nods "What do you want me to do?"
Luffy gently strokes the big cat while testing his limits. "I need you to pet him gently, approach slowly and let him sniff you. Talk softly to him while you pet him. Depending on the injury he might nip so be prepared to activate your quirk, so you don't get injured" Watching Kirishima slowly approach the animal and following his advice Luffy turns his attention toward the injured paw. He reaches slowly and gently for the paw. He lifts it carefully and the cat watches him warily. Luffy notices the paw doesn't seem broken or deformed. There is some old scaring around the ankle evidence of a cuff of some kind chaining the animal. It appears the scar is fairly new only barely healed. So the animal probably dislocated his ankle to free himself. He knows how to fix this, but the animal might lash out. "Kirishima, I'm gonna need you to activate your quirk and hold him down so he doesn't bite me. He ankle is dislocated, and I need to set it."
Kirishima activates his quirk and gently and firmly hold the cat down on the animal non injured side. He gives Luffy a nod indicating that he is ready to restrain the animal if needed.
Luffy grabs the ankle while speaking soothingly to the animal. "this is going to hurt bud but trust me you will feel better after this." He applies firm pressure to the ankle ignoring the growling thrashing animal until he hears an audible popping sound and the joint is reset. He gently massages the area to get blood flowing evenly again and to reduce swelling. He rips off a piece of his shirt to wrap around the weakened ankle to give it a bit of stability. "We need to call Izuku, we will have him meet us somewhere and he can heal the animal."
Kirishima nods and pulls out his phone he hands it to Luffy so he can continue to hold down the animal while trying to calm him.
Luffy calls Izuku and after a short while the line connects with a soft "Hey Kirishima what's up"
"It's Luffy. I am going to send you a pin drop of our location I need you and maybe Kats to come here."
There is a slight panic in Izuku's voice "Ok Luffy what happened? What's wrong?"
Luffy chuckles a bit "Nothing bad has happened to us. We came across a wounded snow leopard. I fixed him up as best as I could, but his ankle is damaged."
There is a relieved sigh on the other end "Ok we will be there as soon as we can"
"Thank Izu, I'll send the location now then. Call me when you get close." Luffy hangs up and sends his location to Izuku.
**** Scene change with Izuku and Katsuki ****
Katsuki and his Nerd are sitting in their room watching an old All Might movie. Katsuki can't really pay attention his mind is on the event that happened at the Mall a week ago. He hasn't found a way to bring this up to Izuku though. He has listened to the recording on his phone multiple times trying to find a way he could have intervened earlier. He has only felt this worthless and weak during the USJ incident. He doesn't want to bottle this up until in explodes out of him; like it did at the sports festival.
He is broken out of his thoughts by the sound of his Nerds voice "Kacchan? What's wrong?"
"Huh?" Is the intelligent sound that comes out of Katsuki's mouth. His brain takes a long second to register what Izuku asked he blushes in embarrassment and mumbles out "N – nothing"
Izuku cocks an eyebrow "Come on Kacchan. Talk to me. There is something wrong or you would have realized the movie ended 10 minutes ago."
Katsuki blinks he must have been so far in thought he didn't realize he missed most of the movie. He sighs "It is nothing you need to worry about nerd."
"what ever it is, it is bothering you. I have every right to worry." Izuku states softly. Realization flashes in his eyes. He is going to have to pull the issue out of the other boy's mouth then. "Remember the sports festival?"
Katsuki's face morphs into a pleading and guilty look begging Izuku not to bring up their fight. Katsuki will be the first one to admit- to himself of course- that he has never been good at dealing with emotions. "Please don't Nerd. I will get over this on my own."
Izuku shakes his head "No you won't Kacchan. You would just bottle it up until you can't anymore and that will lead to us fighting again." He places his fingers under Katsuki's chin and forces the explosive boy to look at him. He smiles fondly at Katsuki "Kacchan, I don't want that to happen again."
Katsuki pouts and turns his head away as much as he can, without forcing Izuku to let go of his chin. Izuku sighs he has an idea what is wrong, so he sighs out. "Fine, don't tell me. I just want to let you know I was scared too. Having Shigaraki's fingers around my neck, knowing that only one fingers was the difference between me walking out of there and not. Kacchan I was so scared that I would mess up or say the wrong thing and Shigaraki would have killed me." Izuku takes a shuddering breath. Katsuki wraps his arms around Izuku offering comfort.
"I have listened to the recording over and over again trying to find a moment where I could have stepped in sooner to help. But I came up with nothing." Katsuki finally opens up a bit. "I understand that you did what you had to do to protect the civilians. If it was me, I would have tried to do the same thing. I am proud of you for remaining calm, but I was so scared at the same time."
Izuku sighs "I umm wasn't scared for the civilians… I was scared because the only thought in my head was that if I died, I would be leaving you all alone. I didn't want to leave you behind. We made a promise do you remember what it was?"
"Yea I remember" Katsuki releases a shaky breath "Don't go somewhere I can't bring you back from."
"I'm sorry Kacchan, I'm so very sorry." Izuku starts sobbing, he may have needed this talk just as badly as Katsuki did. "and I promised if there is another way, I would always take it. To make sure I would come back to you."
"I love you Nerd" Katsuki whispers so softly that if Izuku didn't have enhanced hearing from his wolf he would have never heard it.
Izuku smiles softly and hugs Katsuki tightly burying his face into Katsuki warm and strong form "I love you to Kacchan."
Katsuki lifts Izuku's face off his chest and looks him in the eyes. His eyes start to droop as he leans in. Izuku mirrors his movements and their lips connect softly. It is just a peck at first. Izuku is about to pull away when Katsuki panics and hold him a bit tighter to him. Katsuki needs this he can't bear to let Izuku go right now. He needs to show the nerd how much the greenette means to him. He deepens the kiss slowly moving his lips while using his body weight to push Izuku down onto the bed. He licks Izuku's bottom lip begging to be let in. Izuku answers with a soft moan parting his lips a bit for Katsuki. Katsuki feels something warm settling in his lower abdomen as he groans into the kiss.
Katsuki kisses Izuku frantically like a dehydrated man drinking from water after a week in the desert. He smiles as Izuku kisses him just as frantically. Need building up between the two. Katsuki wants to stay like this forever; but the need to breathe is too great. He groans out as he breaks away for much needed air; still keeping Izuku caged in with his forearms resting on the sides of Izuku's face. He takes in Izuku appearance, the nerds curly hair is splayed around him like a green halo. Izuku opens his eyes slowly and Katsuki takes in the dazed blown pupils of his Nerd. Then he notices the pink flush on the other boys cheek. "You are so beautiful Nerd" Katsuki whispers out softly. He relishes in the way Izuku's eyes brighten and his cheeks darken to an even more interesting shade of pink.
***start***
In his observation he noticed his actions has heated the other teen up quite a bit. His comment made the 'problem' twitch in interest against the explosive blonds thigh. Katsuki's eyes widen at the distractive poke, then smirks as he shifts his leg a bit and rubs against the awakening erection.
Izuku flushes even more and lets out whimpering moan and a soft "Kacchan?"
Katsuki smirks with a small "Shhh Nerd, let me take care of you." And Kisses Izuku to distract him. They have never done anything like this, so he tries to hide his nervousness behind kisses and explorative touching. He moves a bit so he can grind down onto the Nerd. He leans back and pulls the nerds shirt up in a silent order for the nerd to take it off as he does the same. He takes a moment to appreciate the body of the teen beneath him. He runs his fingers lightly over the valleys and hills of Izuku's core muscles. Izuku lets out an involuntary shiver and unconsciously bucks his hips up. Katsuki lets out a groan at the friction against his own awakening member. Katsuki continues his exploration of his Nerds body running his fingers down the other boys side causing Izuku to shiver slightly. Izuku's a whimpering, moaning needy mess and damn do those sounds excite Katsuki. Katsuki is determined to find out what other sounds he can pull from his Nerd. He leans down to kiss the greenette then travels kisses from his jaw down to his chin kissing and nibbling along Izuku's Adams apple. He continues to lavish kisses and nibbles around his neck reaching the junction where neck meets collarbone. He bites gently and sucks a small bruise into Izuku's neck. Izuku bucks his hips into the other boy seeking relief. Katsuki lets out a groan and releases his hold on the boy. He observes Izuku with slight panic in his eyes that slips away as he takes in Izuku's flushed face, half lidded eyes with pupils blown so wide that there is barely any green to be seen. Izuku is panting, breath coming in short rapid puffs.
"Kacchan" Izuku breathes out "Please" he begs not really knowing what he is begging for. All Izuku knows is he wants, no needs more.
Katsuki looks at Izuku like a predator about to devour their prey. Voice thick he whispers out "What do you need me to do Nerd?"
The roughness of Katsuki's voice causes Izuku to shiver and his dick twitches in interest. He whimpers out "Touch me…" Katsuki moves one of his hands to the boys unguarded chest finding a nipple and lightly rolling it between his fingers causing Izuku to moan softly and arch his back seeking more. Katsuki resumes kissing Izuku determined to take his nerd apart. With a clear destination in mind Katsuki focuses his kisses to travel to the other neglected nipple. He kisses around it and experimentally flicks his tongue over the firming bud. Izuku lets out a sound between a moan, and a desperate cry; Katsuki finds he likes this sound. Katsuki smirks and with the single-minded determination he is know for continue to torture the nipple with his lips, tongue and teeth. He doesn't know when Izuku has thread his fingers into Katsuki's hair; but he notices when Izuku is trying to pull Katsuki's head away from the over stimulated nipple. Katsuki looks up and studies Izuku's face; his Nerd is so lost and overwhelmed with pleasure he looks breath taking. Katsuki notices Izuku chanting "Kacchan" like a prayer along with broken phrases of "Please", "Don't stop." And "More" Well who is Katsuki to deny such a request.
He brings the hand that was giving attention to his other nipple down to play with the valleys and hills of Izuku's stomach tantalizingly making his way to Izuku neglected erection. Izuku's whimpers and moans increase in desperation as he makes his way closer to the organ. Katsuki pulls away and sits back, a pleased smirk gracing his face as Izuku whines at the loose of contact. Katsuki traces his fingers along the waistband of Izuku's sweatpants. Izuku arches into the touch and desperately reaches for Katsuki again.
Katsuki slides the nerds sweatpants down getting a little help from Izuku as he bucks his hips off the mattress. Katsuki studies the neglected erection, his ministrations affected Izuku more then just vocally. The tip is leaking precum and the head is a dark red. Katsuki notices the size; Izuku's dick stands proudly at about 7 inches, shorter than Katsuki's own which is 8 inches, but thicker than his. Katsuki experimentally swipes his thumb over the slit getting a rewarding gasp from the greenette. The explosive blonde's confidence soars with the pleasurable sounds he hears. He uses his other hand to give himself a few strokes to relieve himself a bit. Izuku watches him like a hawk and flicks his tongue over his bottom lip. So the nerd likes it when Katsuki touches himself; well they can explore this possible kink later. Right now he want Izuku to see the fucking stars. He lines himself up with Izuku and lightly strokes and grinds against the other boy. The sensation makes both the boys pant, and moan at the friction. They don't last long all these sensations and touches are new and mostly unexplored, so they are clumsy in chasing their release. Izuku arches his back and thrusts up into Katsuki's hip and hand as he moans out a broken "Ka- Kacchan".
Katsuki thinks he has never seen anything so beautiful than Izuku in the throughs orgasm. He thrusts against the other boy milking him through his orgasm a couple of times when he is overcome by his own mind-ending orgasm. His hips and thrust stutter as he finally cums against the other boy painting those hills and valleys of the other boy.
***end***
He grabs a shirt from next to the bed and wipes Izuku's chest and stomach off then cleans him self off and throws the shirt in the direction of the dirty clothes. Izuku looks wrecked – Like his mind is completely devoid of thought. Katsuki lightly draws circles on Izuku's chest just soaking in the afterglow of their actions.
Izuku breaks the silence with a breathless "Kacchan" Voice raw and broken.
Katsuki hums in response.
"That felt so good, Kacchan"
"Yeah?" Katsuki asks he knows they are inexperienced, but he was hoping it was enjoyable for Izuku.
"Yeah" Izuku states breathlessly "I love you Kacchan, I love you so much"
Katsuki kisses Izuku softly and whispers against the others swollen lips "I love you to Nerd, always" It is sappy but Katsuki is used to be open and sappy with only Izuku. He struggles showing emotions to just about everyone even Ace and Luffy but showing Izuku how much he means to him has always been easy. Katsuki is broken out of his thoughts by the sound of Izuku phone ringing. He groans while Izuku giggles and tries to compose himself enough to answer the phone.
He checks the caller Id it reads Kirishima Izuku chuckles to himself thinking Kirishima is panicking about his date with Luffy. So he answers "Hey Kirishima, What's up?"
The voice on the other end chirps "It's Luffy." Ok that is weird to hear Luffy using Kirishima's phone. "I am going to send you a pin drop of our location I need you and maybe Kats to come here."
Izuku shoots to a sitting position fast enough to cause a lesser man whiplash. There is a slight panic in Izuku's voice "Ok Luffy what happened? What's wrong?"
Luffy chuckles a bit "Nothing bad has happened to us. We came across a wounded snow leopard. I fixed him up as best as I could, but his ankle is damaged."
Izuku sags relieved against Katsuki's chest. Glad that nothing bad happened to his pack. "Ok we will be there as soon as we can" he breathes out relieved.
"Thank Izu, I'll send the location now then. Call me when you get close." Luffy hangs up. A few moments later Izuku's phone chimes with an incoming text. He checks it and studies the location of the pin drop.
Katsuki speaks up "What's wrong Nerd?"
Izuku sighs "Luffy and Kirishima are on a date and they stubbled upon an injured snow leopard. They need my healing to help it."
"Oh ok well then let's get dressed and go help them." Katsuki sighs out a little bummed their cuddling session got interrupted. He doesn't know he is pouting until Izuku's bubbling laugh startles him.
"Ohh Kacchan" Izuku coos slyly "there's no need to pout, we can cuddle when we get back, maybe even watch the movie you missed out on" Izuku finishes with a smirk.
"'M not pouting" Katsuki grumbles. Izuku laughs a bit harder causing Katsuki's cheeks to warm. Katsuki throws clothes over to Izuku accompanied with "Shut up, stupid Nerd. Get dressed so we can get going"
"Of course Kacchan" Izuku states with a small smile. He knows the limits he can tease Katsuki. He quickly gets dressed and sits on the bed watching Katsuki. He feels so lucky to be paired with the other teen, he thinks their bond is special. He has researched other soulmate pairs and not a single one that he has watched and observed are like them. He has even looked for soulmates that were together since they were children. He came across one from about 50 years ago, they didn't seem like they had the same bond as Katsuki and Izuku. They couldn't read each other like they can, also couldn't use the other's quirk not even when their lives depended on it. Izuku can practically hear Katsuki's thoughts most of the time. They have never really need many words, Katsuki can read him like an open book; and he can do the same. Sometimes though words are necessary Katsuki is really good at hiding what he is really feeling in stressful situations. Izuku never wants to experience Katsuki bottling everything again. He has always prided himself on being able to read the other teen.
Izuku is broken out of his thoughts by Katsuki standing in front of him waving his hand in front of Izuku's eyes. Izuku blinks up at him, his mind still has not caught up to what Katsuki was saying so eloquently he asks "Huh?"
Katsuki tsks "Guess I wasn't good enough to keep you out of your head for long huh?" At Izuku's deep blush Katsuki smirks "I guess I'll have to try harder next time"
Izuku gulps "Next time?"
"Yeah, obviously I need to work much harder to keep you from being lost in your own mind." Katsuki smiles playfully at him. "Anyways, I asked if you were ready to go." He finishes impatiently.
Izuku jolts remembering Luffy needs him and stubbles over his own feet "Yeah, I'm ready"
"Good, because this is cutting into our cuddle time" Katsuki grumbles out "I don't appreciate things that cut into my cuddle time."
Izuku smiles fondly he likes cuddling too; but Katsuki would rather sit curled up against Izuku then do almost anything else besides training. "Of course Kacchan, we better get going then." Izuku's grin widens "I know how grumpy you get when you don't get enough cuddles"
"Your fault" Katsuki states accompanied with a firm punch to Izuku's arm. Izuku just laughs it off and heads downstairs following after Katsuki.
They make sure they have their wallets and train passes and head out. Izuku curls one of his tails around Katsuki's wrist, he can feel the other boy relax into the reassuring gesture. They walk to the train station in a comfortable silence, lightly brushing against each other's shoulders. They wait about 5 minutes for the train and board, they find seats at the back of one of the cars.
Izuku pulls out his phone and sends a quick text to Kirishima 'We are on the train. We will be there in about 30 minutes.'
His phone chimes almost immediately after with a simple 'ok'
He pockets his phone again and leans into Katsuki for the first time in a week he feels he can finally relax. Katsuki loses the tension in his shoulders as he pulls Izuku closer to him. Katsuki places a small kiss on the top of Izuku's head.
"Kacchan?" Izuku whispers out.
Katsuki hums still burying his face in the soft green curls absentmindedly playing with one of Izuku's wolf ears.
Izuku shudders in his hold and squirms a bit. "Thank you"
"For what nerd?" Katsuki mumbles.
"Everything, this past week has been hard, and I have been even more paranoid then usual. I haven't felt this calm in a week."
"That was the plan nerd." Katsuki states "You don't need to thank me for something I needed as well."
Izuku smiles and was going to give Katsuki a small kiss but they were interrupted by the sound of the automated voice telling them their stop is coming up. Izuku settles for holding Katsuki a bit tighter and nuzzling into his side for a few glorious seconds before pulling away with a pout.
Katsuki smirks and teases Izuku a bit "I'm not the only one that gets grumpy when I don't get enough cuddling"
"Kacchaaannn" Izuku whines. This make Katsuki smirks wider.
"Sorry Nerd, I take that back I was wrong you don't get grumpy" Katsuki's smirk shifts into a grin "You become whiney and clingy. How could I have forgotten."
Katsuki laughs openly and loudly at Izuku's still pouting face and quite mumbling "It's not funny Kacchan"
"I know" Katsuki holds his hand out for Izuku to hold on to as the train slows to a stop. "Are you feeling better at least?"
Izuku smiles and nods grabbing Katsuki's hand and leading him out of the train and station. He stops to pull out his phone to get directions on where he needs to go. The route it takes them on is about 10 minutes away at a leisurely pace. He follows the route on his phone pulling Katsuki along still holding the others hand. When he gets close it appears the boys are in the forest, he calls Kirishima's phone. After a few rings the line is connected.
"Hey Izuku." Kirishima's voice is sounding through.
"Hey Kiri. Me and Kacchan are outside the forest." Izuku informs.
"I am on my way; I'll lead you to Luffy and the animal." Kirishima states.
Izuku and Katsuki feel Kirishima presence entering their observation range. Izuku flares his presence in the direction Kirishima is coming from. "Was that you Izuku"
"Yea we will start heading your way" Izuku informs not hanging up, he hands the phone to Katsuki.
"Hey shitty hair" Katsuki greets.
"Bakubro! Hey" Kirishima excitedly greets back "Where's Izuku?"
"He is shifting, his wolf likes forests" Katsuki offers as an explanation.
Kirishima hums on the other end understanding the wolf side of Izuku. "I bet Fuji is excited to get out"
Katsuki sighs "Yeah it's been a while, maybe he will have some time during the training camp to run wild"
"Ohh I bet he is looking forward to it." Kirishima states as they can now see each other.
Katsuki has climbed and made himself comfortable on Izuku's back and hangs up the phone. Izuku tilts his head down offering Kirishima a ride. Katsuki holds out a hand to help the other boy up with a grunt.
Izuku growls happily as Kirishima settles himself on the wolfs back. Kirishima gives the directions to Katsuki and lets the explosive boy guide Izuku through the forest. When Izuku picks up Luffy's smell and the presence of another predator he growls out and lowers himself to let the other boy's off his back. He shifts back into human form not wanting to scare the Leopard into lashing out against Luffy. As they approach, they see Luffy is cuddled into the big cat talking softly.
The big cat lifts his head as the group comes closer. It growls warningly at them no doubt smelling another predator. Izuku stops and plucks a feather off his wings and hands it to Kirishima.
"Here, I don't think he will let me too close to him right now. He probably smells Fuji." Izuku explains to Kirishima's questioning look.
Kirishima nods and takes the feather and slowly walks over to the big cat. The big cat doesn't look away from Izuku and Katsuki as Kirishima approaches. Kirishima hands the feather over to Luffy and Luffy stabs it into the ankle the cat whimpers at the pain but doesn't lash out as the tendons heal. Luffy pets the animal softly telling the cat how strong and brave it was.
The cat nuzzles into Luffy and experimentally puts a bit of weight on the previously injured paw. He starts to put more of his weight on it, realizing the paw doesn't hurt he stands fully on the paw. He turns to head back up the mountain leaving the group of naked monkeys behind.
The boys watch as the big cat leaves their field of view. Izuku turns to Kirishima and Luffy "Kacchan and I are gonna head back. Are you guys coming or staying here?"
Kirishima and Luffy pass glances to each other "We are gonna stay for a bit." Luffy states with a blinding smile. Then calls out when Izuku and Katsuki turn to leave "Thanks for helping"
Katsuki grunts under his breath "damn brat better be thankful" and "Interrupting cuddle time" is what Izuku picks up. He laughs and waves off the thanks with a quick "Anytime"
Kirishima and Luffy watch as they leave. Luffy turns to Kirishima "Thank you for helping me with the cat. I could tell you were scared at first."
Kirishima blushes "Yeah I was pretty scared, but then I realized that sometimes Heroes need to save animals to. Plus I knew you were there and helping the injured animal meant a lot to you."
Luffy gets up and moves to hug Kirishima "Then shall we continue exploring. I kinda wanna see what's at the end of this stream"
Kirishima nods, "yeah let's go" he smirks "Captain".
Luffy grins and cheers making his way back to the stream and following it humming his song again. Kirishima watches as Luffy skips and investigates everything before something else catches his eye. They walk another 15 minutes or so when Kirishima picks up the sound of rushing water.
Luffy hears it too and runs to Investigate the sound. He comes up on a small waterfall and shouts excitedly "Look Kiri! A waterfall" He runs to it when the water suddenly gets deeper and he falls in sputtering.
Kirishima runs up to him "Luffy! Are you ok?"
Luffy laughs brightly "I'm good Kiri! The water is great" Not feeling weak at all. But he also doesn't know how to swim since he never bothered to learn. Luckily the water comes up to about his chest so he can walk to edge. Kirishima offers him a hand to pull him up. Luffy takes it and stumbles a bit trying to get his footing. Luffy laughs as they almost tumble over but Kirishima stops them from doing so.
Kirishima finally takes a look at the beautiful scenery around them. The waterfall is maybe 3 feet wide with a cave behind it. Maybe they will explore it later. The waterfall is almost deceptively gentle even though Kirishima knows that hundreds or possible thousands of gallons of water is being dumped into the stream below. He looks around and notice what looks to be the ruins of a bridge that the trees and other plant life have reclaimed. He guides Luffy over to the shore near the waterfall but far enough away that they won't be sprayed relentlessly.
"Hey Luffy?" Kirishima starts
"Yea?"
"Um if you don't mind me asking…" Kirishima gives a pause. Luffy gives him a look that screams ask me already Kirishima sighs "Where did you get that scar on your cheek"
Luffy brings his fingers up to the scar and lightly traces it with his fingers something nostalgic in his gaze. "When I first met Shanks, he was a pirate" Luffy begins "He came to my island shortly after my 5th birthdate. The adults didn't want to let the pirate crew on the Island, because they didn't want trouble with the world government. The Captain, which was Shanks, promised that they were only there to stock up on supplies and would pay well for services. The bar maid, Makino told them they could come to her tavern. My grandfather was almost never around as he worked for the Marines after he took me from my 'Criminal father' he took me to his home island. He tried to raise me to be a marine throwing me into the forest by myself. The island I grew up on had animals bigger than Izuku wolf form, so Grampa made me learn how to survive. Anyways it wasn't always bad he could only visit like once a year for 2 weeks so he would come grab me and throw me into the woods with some vague instructions like "don't die" and "I'll be back in a week" so I had to learn to find my own food and safe places to sleep at night. When Grampa would leave, he would leave me with Makino she was like a mom to me. That is how I met Shanks I would help her in the bar during the day and she would feed me. The other kids my age in the village never wanted me to play with them. I don't know if they were scared of my Gramps or if they were scared of me. Grampa told me once that all of the Monkey family were freakishly strong. My Gramps could throw cannon balls barehanded with twice the speed and force then a cannon could. So I grew up always around the adults and hanging out at the bar. Shanks and his crew would be at the bar drinking and telling me stories of adventure and friendship. I wanted that so very much; I could picture sailing on the seas with my nakama going on adventures while searching for treasure. I begged him to take me out on his ship every day. He would tease me and call me "Anchor" because I couldn't swim. His first mate Ben would tell me that the Captain was joking and making fun but being serious that the ocean was no place for a child. I was five and could survive against wild animals, so I told them my punch is a strong as a pistol. Shanks laughed at me of course. I knew I was strong so I though maybe they needed a demonstration that I could take a hit and be a man about it. You know? So the next time they were about to leave I swiped a dagger off one of the crewmen climbed up some crates and started screaming that I would prove to them I was strong. I brought the knife to my cheek and stabbed myself with it. Shanks and the rest of the crew panicked, and I cried about it. Doc cleaned it and gave me stitches while I was being yelled at by Shanks and Ben."
Kirishima is stunned he didn't think Luffy would do that to himself. He guesses he knows why even if he can't bring himself to fully understand it. "Wow, that was pretty dumb"
"Yea I regretted it the moment the blade broke my skin" Luffy states sheepishly. "But I was 5 and didn't know how else to prove to them I could be a great pirate too"
"You could have gone blind in that eye" Kirishima wants to lecture the happy idiot but eventually sighs out. "I guess I can let this go since it happened so long ago, and you already been scolded for it." He smiles a bit "What happened next?"
"After that was pretty boring until some bandits tried to harass Makino. They came into the bar and demanded all the booze. Shanks offered the bandit his unopened bottle because they drank the place dry. The bandit dumped it on Shanks and started breaking the bottles on the counter soaking Shanks in booze. At the time I was angry I didn't understand why Shanks didn't get mad, so I angrily ate a fruit in a chest; which is how I got my devil fruit, while the pirates were laughing at Shanks. I didn't understand I thought Shanks was too scared to fight so I got angry and said some things about him; that he wasn't a real man, and no matter how strong someone looks you need to fight back. He tried to explain that there was no reason for bloodshed over spilt sake. I didn't want to listen and called him a coward. They left for a few days after that. I was sulking at the bar when the bandits came back and started talking shit about Shanks and I stood up to them I told them Shanks wasn't a coward he was stronger than all of them put together. I may have been angry at them but that didn't mean I was gonna let some stupid bandit talk shit about my friend and Idol. So they decided they were going to beat me up to make me pay for making the boss angry. I didn't care I wanted them to apologize and they wouldn't."
Kirishima gasped but let Luffy continue the story.
"Anyways the bandit leader was going to kill me when Shanks came in like "I was wondering why no one was there to meet us at the docks" I started to tear up Shanks was back, and I realized I must have looked pathetic with the bandit bosses boot on my face so I whined out to him "Shanks" he smiled at me and asked "I thought your punch was a strong as a pistol?" I was so embarrassed because it was, I just had terrible aim when I got my devil fruit. It didn't matter how strong my punches were if I couldn't hit my mark. Shanks started moving closer to the bandits when someone came up and held a gun against Shanks' head and said "Take one more step" Shanks just looked at the guy and was like "Bet you life on it" at the bandits confused face he said "Now that you have drawn your pistol, put your life on the line." The bandit still didn't get it he was like "The hell are you talking about" Shanks pointed at the gun and said, "These are not for threatening people" and the cook Lucky Roo shot the bandit. The rest of the bandits were shocked and one of the bandits were like "these guys fight dirty." Ben the first mate replied with "Dirty? Cut the crap. You think you're dealing with Saints or something?" Shanks smiles and informs the bandit "You're looking at pirates" Then Shanks had to be so cool and spout "Listen up bandits, you can spit on me, throw food or sake at me and I'll just laugh it off." Then he turned furious "but no matter the reason; if you touch my friends, I will make you pay". The bandit leader tried to play it off "Make us pay huh? Don't make me laugh" he gestured to his men and ordered them to Attack. Ben stepped up all nonchalant and was like "I'll handle this, should be easy enough" and swings the but end of his rifle around like a bat. He knocks them all out in under 20 seconds leaving just the leader. He pointed the but end of his rifle to the leader "Don't get cocky, bandit" flips his pistol around and informed the bandit "If you wanna fight us, you'd better find yourself a warship or something." I realized the lesson Shanks was trying to teach me at the bar about starting fights. In that moment I realized there is no point to use a tank against a fly."
"Then what happened" Kirishima asked completely in awe of the story.
Luffy smiles at the excitement coming from the other teen and continues "The bandit leader through a smoke bomb and made an escape taking me with him as a hostage. We were on a rowboat when the bandit leader through me overboard. I couldn't swim so I attracted the attention of a sea king. The sea king ate the bandit and then set his eyes on me. Shanks scared it away and saved me."
"Then what happened" Kirishima asks Luffy's childhood sounded so much more action pact then his. A lot tougher too, Kirishima has never had to fight for his life or deal with bandits and sea kings.
"This is where I met Ace, Shanks was leaving for good getting word that one of the world leaders was coming to investigate the island. I didn't know at the time what they were coming for, but it scared Shanks into leaving the island. I told him I wouldn't ask him to be on his crew anymore that I would Make my own crew and become the King of Pirates. He gave me my hat and we made a promise that I would return it to him when I become a great pirate. He left the Island and my Grampa came the next day He was pissed that no one told him pirates were using his Island for such a long time. I told him I was going to be the King of Pirates every time he would yell that he will make me into a fine Marine. He moved me away from the village and Makino to go live with some mountain bandits. I met Ace and Sabo there. Ace was not always nice to me, he hated me when I first got there. Tried to kill me a few times, throw me off cliffs, making trees and boulders fall on me, tossing me to the wolves. But every day I would follow him, I needed to follow him and be his friend. One day I followed him to his pirate fund hideout. I was really excited that there was another boy my age that wanted to be a pirate as well. Ace and Sabo panicked when I started cheering that I wanted to be a pirate too, and they tied me up to the tree while figuring out how they were gonna kill me. The pirates the robbed that morning heard me screaming, and they stopped fighting and untied me, and we hid. The pirates were talking about hurting Ace and Sabo to take all their treasure. I was not going to let that happen, so I stepped out like the idiot I am and defended Ace and Sabo. They took me to their hide out to get the information about where the treasure was hidden. I wouldn't tell them so they started to punch me all over with these spiked gloves, but I still wouldn't tell them."
Kirishima is shocked "Why? Why go through all that for a couple of kids that hated you. They wanted to kill you." He is crying at this point.
Luffy smiles sadly "if I told the pirates, I would never have been able to be their friend. They came for me after they moved their treasure thinking that I was going to blab. Sabo kept watch looking over their old hide out when he realized a few hours have passed and none of the pirates came back. Sabo was the smart one and concluded I wouldn't tell the pirates. They saved me and we escaped. I was crying and sobbing while scared and lonely and miserable but happy they saved me. Ace screamed at me "You're so annoying! Shut up! How long are you gonna keep crying. I really hate weaklings and crybabies!" I bit my lips and chocked on my hysterical sobs shocking Ace. I tried to keep the cries in as I thanked them for saving me. But I could keep the tears at bay I tried to hid them behind my hat, but Ace still saw and was gonna yell at me again. Sabo calmed him down though. Ace was still angry, and I was sure why at the time he yelled at me "Anyway, why didn't you tell them?! Those guys would kill women and children without a second thought." Still looking down I told Ace "If I'd told them I could never be your friend." He yelled at me again "That'd be better than dying right? Why do you want to be my friend so much anyway?" All I said was "Because" before he interrupted me "After all the stuff I put you through… why did you still follow me out here?!" "
"what did you say to them Luffy."
"I shouted at Ace "Because there isn't anyone else! I couldn't return to windmill village, I hate mountain bandits, Shanks was gone. I had no one. If I didn't chase are you. I'd be all alone. Being alone is much worse than being hurt" I can't stand it. Something seemed to change then, and Ace softened he asked me "What about your parents?" I told him "Just gramps, nobody else." Ace asked me "It isn't so bad when I'm here?" I didn't know why he was asking all these questions, so I just said "right". Ace asked, "And it would be bad if I wasn't here?" again I said "right." Ace looked down "So you want me to live?" I didn't know what he was talking about at the time but still I told him "Of course I do!" all he said before he turned away was "I see" he jumped into a tree and softly called out "But still I hate spoiled kids like you" I jumped up into his face a told him "I'm not spoiled. I'm strong" Ace was like "How are you strong? Your supposed to be a man yet you cry all the time!" I shouted back "Have you ever been punched with a spiked club? I'm only 5 I won't cry when I'm older" Ace yelled back at me "I'm 5 too Idiot, and I don't cry! You idiot, don't compare yourself to me!" We were butting foreheads the entire time. I was happy even though we were fighting. I told him "I'm gonna be stronger than everyone else! I promised Shanks the I'd become a great pirate!" he didn't believe me and shouted, "A Pirate you?!" I told him "That's right" and he shoots back with "As if!" I growled at him "I will be one!" There was a rivalry that was being born and Sabo got in between us and broke us up saying "Okay, that is enough"
Sabo told me later that night that Ace is a very angry kid he would go to the major city and ask the adults what they would do if the Pirate King had a son. I was told their responses were downright evil what they would do to the kid. It made Ace feel like he shouldn't be alive. See Ace is the Son of The Pirate King and he hated his own existence for it. Everyone he asked hated his father because of the lies told by the government. The strangers would tell him "The kid would be a demon who wouldn't deserve to be born, or to live" I was different I heard about the Pirate King from Shanks, Shanks used to be on the Pirate King crew as a cabin boy. He told me how great of a man the king was. He was respected by all of his rivals and even my grandfather respected him. That is how Ace survived when the Marines were looking for the spawn of the Pirate king. Many women and children were murdered during that time but Gramps hid Ace and saved him. I told Ace that his father was a good man. That his enemies obviously wouldn't say nice things about him. Ace got mad at me and wouldn't talk to me for a couple of days. I guess he thought it over and when he came back the first thing, he did was pull out some sake and three cups. He asked us if we knew "That when people drink sake together, they become brothers" since that day we have been brothers."
"Where is Sabo now?"
Luffy looks sad "The day the world government came Sabo took to the sea to escape his fucked-up family. His dad told him if he ever saw us again, he would have Me and Ace killed. Sabo was the son of a noble and the noble used us the threaten his son into compliance Sabo hated it. He wanted to be free, so the day the World Leader came he took his freedom. He passed in front of the Leaders ship and they shot him down. He died that day. The fucked-up part was we didn't even have time to mourn for him because Makino came running up to the bandits hideout saying the World government was looking for Me and Ace, she told us to run into the forest a hide. We hid for a couple of days when the marines decided to set fire to the forest to smoke us out. We ended up trapped, we were at the top of a cliff overlooking the ocean and in front of us was the forest on fire. I heard Shanks calling out to us and looked to find him in a boat. I grabbed Ace and jumped, we landed in the water and Shanks dove in to catch us. He took us away from the island on a route that would take us to his ship. He was going to take us into the new world to an island under his protection, but we ended up here instead."
"Why was the government after you and Ace?"
"Im the son of the revolutionary army's Leader Monkey D. Dragon. Ace is the son of the Pirate King Gol D. Rodger. Someone let it slip that we were on the island and the marines came for us. Shanks saved us that day; from death or slavery it doesn't matter. I may not be able to be the Pirate king I wanted to be when I was Five but being here with Ace, Izuku, Kats, You and Sho, means more to me then being Pirate King did."
Kirishima soaked in all this new information about Luffy's childhood and feels extremely bad that his Soul Mate had to go through even half that. If he ever got a chance to go to Luffy's world he would kill every marine and world official he could find.
Luffy studies Kirishima's face as it turns dark, he clears his throat thinking Kirishima is mad at Ace he decide to sooth the other teens rage. "Kirishima?" the mentioned boy looks up at Luffy and hums. "Please don't be mad at Ace. He has changed a lot since then Shanks helped him accept his father and Izuku and Katsuki were the first people beside me that didn't care who Ace's dad was. That helped him a lot and calmed the angry scared boy I met over 10 years ago."
Kirishima sighs "I know Ace now; I know who he is. I don't like what he put you through in the past, but I feel like he has made up for it. I can tell he is a good person. He cares about you, Izuku, Shoto, Myself. I can see he even cares about Katsuki."
Luffy smiles again "Back then he didn't know better he thought the world hated him. And in a way it did, everyone always said how bad the Pirate King was. They blamed Ace for the deaths of countless women and children. I'm glad that we came here, the only reason people have to be after us is because of the choices we made. Not the ones our fathers made before we were even thought of."
Kirishima looks deep in thought and looks at Luffy "Can I ask you something?" Luffy nods. Kirishima asks "If you, Ace and Shanks found a way to get here. Could it be possible that others could find a way to get here as well."
Luffy thinks about it "it could be possible if someone has a fruit that is able to bring people through other worlds. But they would need to know where we went to so the chances of that happening are pretty low. But I guess not entirely impossible."
They sit in silence for a bit just admiring the view and calming sounds of nature around them. Luffy's stomach breaks the silence with a loud growl. Kirishima stands up and hold a handout to Luffy "Come on let's go get some food, I had Bakubro help me make it."
Luffy smiles wide and cheers "Thank you Kirishima."
They make their way back to the clearing they started at. Kirishima makes his way to the tree he stored the food in and pulls out a basket and blanket and lays it under a big shady tree. From the basket he pulls out two bentos filled with food Katsuki made, Katsudon in one layer, Rice in another. The last layer has extra meat for the Katsudon. Luffy has stars in his eyes as he thanks Kirishima for the food and make a mental note to thank Katsuki. He digs in with gusto but savoring the taste of Katsuki's cooking. It is not often Katsuki cooks for the others usually he only makes enough for him and his nerd. Every once in a while, Katsuki will play it off that he made too much and pack the others a lunch. But Luffy knows that Katsuki never makes more then he means to. Luffy may be a glutton but he has long since trained himself to eat what he needs to, and he eats more filling things then just meat.
They sit and eat while the sun starts to set casting beautiful oranges, purples, pinks and red across the sky. Kirishima watches as Luffy pauses eating and stares at the sky mesmerized by it beauty. Kirishima huffs out "It's beautiful right?"
Luffy breathes out a quite "Yes" almost like he is afraid that talking any louder will make the colors go away. The view lasts about 15 minutes as the sky shifts more to different shades of purple and the first stars are becoming visible. Kirishima moves his hand closer to Luffy's letting their pinkies brush together. Luffy possibly subconsciously moves his hand closer over lapping Kirishima's.
Luffy doesn't break his gaze away from the sky when he laces the fingers together. Kirishima is a little confused Luffy doesn't do hand holding. So he lets out a questioning "Luffy?" while looking at their joined hands.
Luffy finally turns his gaze away from the sky to look at the redhead next to him, he responds with a slight hand squeeze and smiles. Kirishima looks up at him when he feels the hand squeeze his own, he blurts out "I thought you didn't like holding hands"
"I don't I can't punch things if im holding hands" Luffy confirms. "But it feels right at this moment. I can let go if it makes you uncomfortable"
Kirishima panics a bit and squeezes Luffy's hand back "NO!" he blushes "I'm not uncomfortable, just surprised is all. I like holding hands with you."
Luffy lays on the ground on his back to watches the stars take over the sky. Kirishima takes a few moments before he copies the other teen and they start talking about constellations and shapes they make in the stars. After a while Luffy turns on his side to face the other boy while tracing random shapes on Kirishima's hand. Kirishima watches Luffy's face as the raven watches himself draw on Kirishima's hand his face is pulled into a thoughtful expression. Kirishima tries to give him a few moments to come to a decision to what ever the raven is thinking about.
Kirishima starts getting worries after 5 minutes have passed and Luffy has barely even blinked. He calls attention to the boy "Luffy?" he gets a noncommitted hum in response Kirishima goes to pry "What are you thinking about?"
"Kissing you but trying to figure out how" Luffy is so lost in thought he didn't even realize he said his thoughts out loud. I takes a moment for his brain to catch up with his mouth and he blushes bright red possibly redder than Kirishima's hair; but it is dark so it's hard to tell.
Kirishima take initiative now knowing this is what the other boy wants and leans in a places a small peck on Luffy's lips. This accomplishes the hidden goal of bringing Luffy out of his thoughts. Luffy puts a hand over his lips looking at Kirishima eyes wide. He wasn't expecting the other boy to just kiss him like that, and he wasn't fully there to experience it.
Kirishima smiles and seems to read his mind and leans in again waiting for Luffy to come to him. Luffy meets his lips, he is not sure what to do so the kiss is awkward until Kirishima takes the lead. It starts with just the sliding of lips pressed lightly together. Kirishima starts to move his lips slowly on the other boy's lips. Luffy uses the same single-minded determination he uses to memorize a new move to memorize how Kirishima's lips move. As soon as Kirishima feels like Luffy is confident enough with kissing he nibbles and licks at Luffy's bottom lip. Luffy gasps as one of Kirishima's shark like teeth pulls lightly on his lip the slight sting is pleasurable. Kirishima coaxes Luffy's tongue to play by playfully greeting it and slightly pulling his tongue back, forcing Luffy to chase him. This continues for a few moments that feel too fast and not long enough before the need for air becomes too great. Kirishima pulls away breathing heavily he rests his head on the other boys shoulder. Luffy is panting as he tries to catch his breath. After a couple of moments of lying there Kirishima regretfully breaks the silence. "It is getting pretty late we should head to the train station before we miss the last train."
Luffy is still breathless as he nods and moves to get up. Kirishima helps him up and they pack up the blanket and basket to bring home. Luffy has been quite the entire time, Kirishima thinking Luffy has gotten lost in his head again. The redhead smiles fondly and gives the other teen time to think. That kiss is capable of taking their relationship into something more. He wants to make sure Luffy is ready for something like that.
They make their way out of the forest and halfway to the train station before Luffy breaks the silence "Will all kiss feel like that?"
Kirishima chuckles out "No. not all kisses will be that intense."
Luffy pouts "I liked it, this might sound stupid, but I felt like I could feel you. Like what you were feeling."
Kirishima thinks about it for a second "Hummmm, what did you feel?"
Luffy recalls the kiss "Excitement, passion, awe, and something else more powerful than like but not quite love. Or maybe it was but I also was feeling all of that too so I might have been projecting"
"You weren't" Kirishima breathes out. "I was excited, and I wanted to express how much I like you. I don't know if it is love yet myself, but we have time to figure it out. I know I like you a lot, and I care about you more than anyone else. I would do anything for you. But I don't think we know enough about each other to know if it is love."
"I get it" Luffy agrees. "I feel the same way."
They reach the train station giddy and happy and wait for the train. Kirishima is going to spend the night at Luffy's.
Shoto and Ace will Get most of next chapter I was going to add them in this one but it was getting too long.
