Bakugo Katsuki, the shipper of UA

Chapter 4: Girls, Dating and...Big Brothers?!

That kept going for a little bit, until Eri glanced at the photograph and asked curiously to Uraraka "Chako? Are you dating Big Brother Deku?"

"WH-WHAT?!" exclaimed a very red looking Ochako while all the other girls stared at the youngest one curiously and very excited.

While the group of boys started having their 'training session', the girls had played with Eri for a while and she had asked a curious, but innocent question to the gravity heroine.

"W-what a-are you s-saying Eri? We're j-j-j-just f-f-friends!" Stuttered a very embarrassed and as red as a tomato Uraraka. The little girl's comment came out of nowhere and, because of that, she could't prepare to hide her nervousness. Or even worse...her stutters. This, of course, didn't went unnoticed with the group of girls.

"Oh my God! You stutter like him, too! That is so cute!" Exclaimed quietly the invisible girl, while Mina was squealing by her side.

"Is-isn't that what dating means? Being with a friend?" Asked a now more confused little girl to the elder ones. They all just stopped what they were doing and gave her matching curious glances. Even Uraraka's blush died a little bit.

"Who told you that, Eri?" Asked politely the creation hero, who was currently finishing a Shouto plushie for herself.

"Well...no one. It's just...D-Dad s-sometimes goes out with a lady friend when Big Brother Mirio or Big Brother Deku take care of me. I heard her said once that she and Dad were dating, but at that time I didn't understand what that meant." Simply said the younger girl while hugging tightly her Deku plushie and looking at Uraraka. The older girls stood in silence, with wide-open mouths and complete shock.

Watching her expressions and not understanding why they looked at her as if she had said something strange, she started to get nervous and scared. "D-did I say something b-bad?" Asked with some tears forming on the corner of her eyes.

At the sound of a sniff, the older girls got out of their trance and hurriedly try to calm the youngest one. "No, no, sweetie. You didn't say anything bad. We were just a little bit startled by your comment, that's all." Spoke softly Mina while she hugged the white haired kid to calm her down.

"S-start...startled?" Curiously replied with some tears in her eyes. "Yes, we were surprised. We didn't expect to hear that." Replied playfully the acid hero. "Why?" Was the only thing that the now calmer but still curious kid could ask.

"Well, we didn't expect our teacher to be dating someone. That's the surprise. He doesn't look like the dating type of guy." Spoke out loud Tsuyu, with a finger in her chin, striking a 'thinking' posture.

"Look at this in another way, Eri." Continued Hagakure. "If that's true, you might get a Mom soon." Exclaimed happily the invisible girl, to which the younger one could also feel pretty excited about. She had been taught about families and the huge diversity that they could all have.

But one thing caught her attention when Aizawa explained that to her. The word Mom. Normally a female figure. She couldn't imagine at first what or how could that work out. But then she met her Dad's friend. A beautiful and cheerful woman. And with the new knowledge that she had just acquired, her brain connected the dots and...

"I WANT HER TO BE MY MOM!" Exclaimed happily while at the same time extending her arms into the air and effectively startling the other girls. "Now, now, Eri. Calm down a little." Spoke Uraraka with a light chuckle, thanking the gods for the topic change. "Why don't you tell us about your Dad's friend? How is she? Is she beautiful? Is she smart?"

This made all of the girls direct their full attention towards the little one. They would have details of, not only a teacher's love life...it was theirs. Eraserhead! And what was more impressing was that his partner could also be a known pro-hero. Well...it was a possibility.

"Yes! She is super pretty and also a pro-hero too! She has long and nice light green hair and big, round eyes! She's also super funny! She makes me laugh every time I see her! Even if Dad says sometimes that she gets on his nerves, I think that he likes her." Explained cheerfully the little bundle of joy.

"Wait...green hair? Funny? Guys...are you thinking of who I'm thinking?" Asked Mina with immense joy to the other girls. "That can't possibly be...can it?" Answered a now curious Yaoyorozu.

"Do you know her name, Eri?" Asked a now also curious Jirou, who had been listening to the conversation intently.

"Well...Dad has used her full name sometimes, but I don't remember it too well. I remember that her name sounded similar to mine." Answered the youngest girl with a thoughtful look on her face. She had her Deku plushie gripped in a hug below her right arm, while her left hand's index finger and thumb where placed on her chin to strike a thinking pose. It was a really adorable sight. "Eni or Emi...I don't remember it too well."

After she finished, all of the other girls' gears inside their brains started working at full power. Then...it clicked. "OH...MY...GOD! Mr. Aizawa is dating Ms. Joke! I knew it!" Shouted Mina with a huge squeal, startling everyone in the room.

"What the heck are you talking about, Pepto Bismol?" sounded the gruff voice of the hot headed blonde inside the room.

At the sudden deep tone of voice, all the girls including Eri screamed because of fear. Then, after realizing that Bakugo stood in front of them, with the main door open, they started to panic. They were still on their pajamas because they had been playing with the little girl since the plushie incident. And...Oh God! The plushies! As soon as they noticed that they had the plushies at plain sight, all of the girls sans Eri, rushed to hide the ones that they each had asked for.

At these actions, Bakugo just raised a brow. Then, he rolled his eyes, released a heavy sigh and spoke "I won't tell. Stop pretending, you morons. Be grateful that the other losers are as slow as snails and aren't here with me. Now, go and hide those things before anyone else arrives. And before you say something...yes, I'm in a good mood, thank you. And no...I won't help you again. So just go."

The shocked and surprised girls reacted after a few seconds. They hadn't expected that comment from their resident bombing hero. But, nevertheless, they complied. They all got up hurriedly and went straight to their rooms to tidy themselves up a little and to hide their crushes' toy version models in secret places.

This, in turn, left the one-horned angel truly confused as to why they reacted like that and also feeling left alone. Truth was, that she was a little bit scared of the blonde boy that was in front of her. She had heard once how he shouted at her Big Brother and she didn't wanted to be yelled at too.

So, she just sat down in one of the couches silently and started playing with her new plushie and the other toys. This helped to ease her nerves a little. Until a loud, grumbling sound was heard. It came from her stomach. She hadn't eaten anything and could feel the hunger creeping inside her.

Maybe she hadn't felt it before because she was having fun with the other girls. At least, that's what she thought. She stood there with her toys, lost in her thoughts and trying to ignore the pain coming from hunger for a few minutes, until someone poked her head a little bit on the top.

"Hey squirt, are you hungry?" She heard the gruff voice again. She knew who it was, but she didn't want to look at him or even answer him due to pure fear. Even though, the memory of her Dad teaching her how to behave properly came to mind. So she, reluctantly, nodded her head slightly with her eyes closed, not daring to look at the older boy.

"Didn't those morons give you something to eat? Geez, they're hopeless" exclaimed after a heavy sigh the blonde. He noticed how tense she was and deduced that it might be because of fear. He knew he had to mellow out for her a bit so, he mentally cursed 'The Double-Edge Sword Syndrome' and did the next thing as carefully and softly as he could.

Suddenly, Eri felt two things. First, a heavy weight now occupied a place beside herself in the couch, which meant that this scary boy had just sat down next to her. And secondly, something round and a little bit cold was placed on her lap. She still didn't dare to open her eyes, even if her nostrils started to get the distinct aroma of food below her.

"Here, this is for you. Come on, Zuchan once told me that you liked this. I don't want you to feel hungry when we have food here." Spoke softly the older boy. At the sound of the new but cute nickname and the soft tone, she relaxed, opened her eyes and dared herself to look at the hero in training with a curious glance. "Zu-zuchan?" Asked innocently, failing to notice the items on her plate.

"Heh, yeah. It's an old nickname that I used to call the guy that you know as Deku when we were kids." Answered the blonde with a smile, after taking a bite of the sandwich that he was eating.

"You know Big Bro Deku from before?!" Excitedly asked the little girl, all fears forgotten by now. "Big Bro Deku, huh?" Started chuckling the hot headed kid before continuing. "Please eat. There's apple slices and a little peanut butter and jelly sandwich." Finished with a caring glance towards the young one.

At the mention of her favorite fruit, her eyes sparkled with joy. When she directed her eyes towards the plate placed on her lap, she couldn't hide the amazement on her face. There were 8 apple slices cut in bunny shapes placed around the plate in a circle, as well as a PBJ cut in half in the middle of all of it. She had to admit that the decoration was cute.

She was drooling and her hunger was huge, but she didn't want to ruin the arrangement of the plate. She encountered a dilemma and, without noticing herself, placed her left hand on her chin in a thinking kind-of-manner again not letting go his plushie from the other one. She was having an internal debate with herself so intense, that she didn't notice when Katsuki took a picture of her acting like that.

He wanted to tease Deku about him corrupting a little girl with his antics. And thinking a lot wasn't a bad one...the one that came next, was the one that started getting on his nerves. Eri was so deep in thought, that she had started mumbling. Just like Deku.

After feeling his brow twitch a lot, he almost felt like he was about to explode in anger. But then he remembered that there was a small little girl in front of him. So he took a deep breath, exhaled loudly and poke at her horn.

"You're mumbling, Little Unicorn. Now, dig in or I'll eat it instead of you."

This caused her mumbling spree to stop and her to squeak a surprised 'Eep!' Afterwards, she began eating her food happily. At this sight, Bakugo could only smile a bit. Maybe he could understand why Deku and the others felt so protective of this little girl. Those thoughts passed through his mind before a curious question came from the little girl by his side.

"So...umm...h-how was Big Bro Deku w-when you were little?" Asked the little girl without looking at the blonde, being busy with her food.

"Hmmm...Pretty much a scaredy-cat." answered the blonde without thinking too much "He always stuttered and mumbled a lot, which made me very angry. He was scared of a lot of things, which annoyed me. And he always followed me...which made me frustrated at him" stated with clear anger growing inside him. You could see his forehead veins starting to pop out and his eyebrows twitching.

This, in turn, scared Eri almost to the point of tears. She was sure that he would do something to damage her for asking that. So she closed her eyes as a natural reaction and prepared for the pain. But it didn't come. She only heard a loud sigh coming from the hot headed hero beside her. She dared to open her eyes and after hearing the next sentence, she saw the explosive kid in a different kind of light.

"But...he had the same big and kind heart that you've known him for. He has always been like that, even with me. Wanting to help me when he saw me struggle. That's what I got mad at him. He was always so nervous and scared, but he had a huge heart and determination when he wanted to. I got mad at him because he didn't show that enough. I wanted to push him forward, that's why I always challenged him, and still do. It's the way we've always been." He continued his explanation looking at the ground in front of him with his palms pressed in front of him. "Truth is...he's always been my best friend, but our ways of helping each other are weird." Finished with a small but sad chuckle the blonde kid.

Eri was shocked. She didn't expect that answer. She knew now why that kid appeared to treat badly his Big Brother. It was his way to get rid of her hero's nervousness. And she could see that the blonde kid struggled to talk about it. She heard his voice crack a little when he spoke about Deku like that. So she did what his Big Bro would do if he saw someone struggling.

She moved her plate and toys out of the way, stood on the couch, directed towards Katsuki and gave him the biggest hug she could muster. At the sudden contact, the blonde retreated with a surprised expression, which turned into an even bigger one after the next sentence left her mouth. "Are you okay, Kacchan?"

This brought him a million different memories from when Izuku had preoccupied about him. He almost broke, but he knew that he should't do that in front of her. So he just smiled and answered a simple "Yes, I am. Thanks to you."

This made Eri happy. And after that, she started excitedly talking with Bakugo about his stories about her hero. She also wanted to play with him at some point, which he did a little reluctantly at first, but relaxed after a few minutes. Neither of them noticed a certain brown haired heroine that heard and saw the complete exchange, around the corner of the stairs. She only could smile at this.

A few more minutes passed and all the girls got downstairs to see the adorable scene of Bakugo playing peacefully with Eri. After he noticed them, he pointed at them and Eri looked at them with joy. It was at this moment when Izuku's text had been received. Bakugo saw the message and he replied calmly.

He knew that Deku's intention wasn't to hurt him with that memory, he was trying to help. That's why he wasn't mad. After finishing his conversation, he regained focus on his surroundings, noting that most of his classmates had already arrived after that spontaneous sparring session.

It was then that he heard something that made his heart skip a beat like it hadn't in years. Eri was nearby him, just across the couch playing with the other girls when she looked at him and smiled adorably. Then, she faced the creation heroine and asked a simple question.

"Umm...Miss Momo...c-could y-you p-please make a-another plushie?" Asked a little embarrassed the one-horned angel. In response, Yaoyorozu could just smile, as all the members of Class 1-A who were present at the dorms after the earlier events. "Sure, would you want another Deku one or is it something different?" Asked softly the black haired heroine. "No, I want one of another awesome hero." Answered excitedly the little one which, in turn, made everyone's attention move towards her.

"I want one of Big Bro Kacchan!" Exclaimed with enormous joy the white haired girl. Everyone was shocked, to say the least, because nobody expected that answer. Bakugo couldn't even react, he was flattered, shocked and even embarrassed at the same time. "I want one of him, so I can defend my toys from villain attacks with the Double-Edge Heroes." Finished with excitement the youngest one, while the others looked at her and Bakugo in surprise of the name that she just had used to describe him and Midoriya.

Meanwhile in a bench located on a park on the way back to UA, Kaminari, Ojiro, Iida and Midoriya rested a bit after their shopping trip before continuing their journey towards campus. They were enjoying the cool breeze of summer below the shade of a big tree and a comfortable silence after each one of them bought something for a special person in their lives. That was until Iida spoke his mind with something that had been bothering him a lot.

"You've been swearing a lot Midoriya..." the tall speedster commented with a serious tone to the greenette.

"D-do you think so? H-how did you n-notice?" Replied a little nervously the young One for All successor.

"Well, it was easy to figure it out because, I don't know...you NEVER do it!" Exclaimed Kaminari in an exaggerated way, mostly to prove his point about Midoriya being a "pure cinnamon roll".

"U-um hahaha I-I t-think that it has to do w-with Kacchan's influence..." answered the greenette with clear nervousness whilst scratching the back of his neck.

"What do you mean?" Asked in a curious but calm manner the martial artist of the group.

"W-well, ever since we were kids, when we played together, our moms used to say that our personalities merged with each other. Thus, making Kacchan a little bit softer and me a little bit rougher. They dubbed it 'The Double-Edge Sword Syndrome'." Answered the green haired kid with a smile on his face while looking at the sky, as if recalling a good memory.

"My dad once told me that he liked that part of our friendship, because we both helped the other grow, in the sense that he helped me deal with my confidence and determination problems, as well as I helped him with his attitude and how to deal with other people." Continued Midoriya serenely. "At least, I think that's the reason. I-I'm sorry if that bothers you. I'll try to n-not act like that."

"Don't worry, Midoriya. It was good to know why you act 'differently' but not by any means, bad. I trust your answer." Answered Iida, which eased the shy kids' nerves. "Anyway, we should get going if any of you want to confess today. By the way, have any of you thought about how will you do it?"

"Oh yes I have! I'll publicly declare my feelings towards Jirou before giving her this." Said confidently and excitedly the blonde before pointing at the purple box he was holding. "I may do something stupid to make her laugh too." Finished with a contemplative tone, as if his 'stupid' actions were all planned.

"I don't want to gather that much attention. I'll try to speak to Hagakure in private about this." Spoke calmly the black belt hero. A complete opposite of the optimistic blonde beside him.

They decided to resume their trip, while thinking in ways to coordinate their plans. Until Midoriya's brain had a brilliant idea. "I think that I know how you could do it guys. Why don't we enter with Ojiro at the back, to hide the basket, and Kaminari first to gather everyone's attention?" Commented the clever but shy kid.

"That's a great idea Midoriya. That way, Ojiro can sneak around everyone and ask Hagakure to speak privately with him." Concluded Iida with a smile.

"Awesome thinking man! As Bakugo said before, you should apply your plans also to your love life." Stated with a grin the electricity user, while the greenette just stuttered a 'Thanks'.

"Sounds like a plan to me. Now let's prepare, we're almost there." Finished the martial artist, making the other three regain their focus on the 'mission.'

"Double-Edge Heroes? Are you teaming up with Midoriya?!" Screamed an incredulous Mina towards Bakugo, while voicing almost every one of the presents' thoughts.

"No, I'm not." Answered seriously the blonde, not looking at Eri, who had a confused look on her face. "Now stop minding other people's business. Or I'll blow you to pieces." Finished with a serious tone and an angry look on his face, which scared the pink-skin girl to the bones.

"B-but..." wanted to reply Mina, before they all heard a loud crash on the door. It sounded as if something had hit it. They all gathered around Eri in protective and fighting stances, ready to engage in combat if needed. After all, their class seemed to be the focus of every villain attack.

"I told you that it'd be locked Kaminari! You didn't have to try and enter the dorms like they do on cartoons." Spoke an annoyed Iida while he opened the door, showing Kaminari laying on his back with a red face due to the recent hit. After hearing his voice, everyone visibly relaxed.

"AreyouokayKaminari?!I'msorry,Youcould'vegetseriouslyhurt.I'msosorry." started mumbling Deku in a worried way. Hearing this voice, made Eri look up and search for the green bush that was her hero's hair.

"Are you kidding?! That was awesome dude!" Spoke the blonde with a thumbs up while lying on the ground. "Except for the pain, but it was worth it." Ojiro just sighed heavily as he arrived at his classmate's antics.

When Eri found Midoriya's hair between the crowd that formed around her, all she could exclaim was something that made everyone that hadn't heard it before smile deeply towards the youngest girl. "Big Bro Deku!" As she said this, she rushed past everyone and towards her savior, with her plushie by her side.

At the sound of the voice of the little girl, Midoriya's smile became huge. And hearing her call him that way, made his heart skip a few beats. He crouched down and opened his arms to receive a tackling hug from his self-dubbed little sister. She jumped and hugged him strongly. "I've missed you Big Bro! Where've you been?" Asked with a pout the white haired angel.

"I was training and went to do some shopping. I'm sorry if I'm late. Here, I got this for you." Replied the greenette while still holding his 'sister' in his arms, before giving her a necklace with a green stone in the shape of a bunny that he took out of one of his pockets. "Thought that you might like it." Playfully finished the hero in training.

Eri beamed at the gift and hugged Midoriya even stronger. He then began to tickle her sides, which caused her to giggle. Everyone currently watching the scene, was smiling or admiring it fondly. It was a cute and adorable scene.

Nobody could deny how much they meant to each other after the rescue mission and when she showed him her new plushie of himself, the look of pure happiness in Midoriya's face accompanied by his trademark tears because of her admiration could be used to end any argument that stated that he wasn't really that important in her life.

With everyone's attention gathered there, Ojiro took the opportunity to sneak around the group and go near Hagakure. When he reached her, he whispered quietly "Hey, Hagakure, could you follow me a bit? I'd like to show you something, but it's kind of personal..." finished with a nervous finger scratching his right cheek. At this, Hagakure answered an excited "Sure, lead the way!" And they got off to the back of the dorms.

In the meantime, Bakugo noticed Ojiro's movement and understood, so he try to divert the attention again to prevent his plan to fail. "What the frick was that, nerd?" Asked a 'furious' Bakugo towards Midoriya. "You made us all worry that it was another villain attack." He spoke whilst lunging forward towards the greenette.

"I-I c-can ex-explain Kacchan." Answered the green haired kid nervously, while holding still his little sister. "No, I will!" Replied Kaminari excitedly while standing maybe too fast, which caused him to fall again but now flat on his face.

After a little round of laughter, Kaminari straightened up as he could, faced Bakugo with a huge grin and simply stated "That was my marvelous attempt of a dramatic entrance for my love confession!"

"WHAT?!" was the collective scream that could be heard from the lobby of Class 1-A's dorms.

Phew! That was a very loooooong chapter. I know that I've been promising you guys the romantic stuff, but I'd like to give better context for some things too. And also, I couldn't resist in writing the siblings' scene, it was necessary.

Next chapter will obviously have a few romantic confessions and...maybe couples? You'll have to find out by continuing reading.

I like the idea of Eri considering Deku her big brother and, having understanding Bakugo (at least in this story), considering him also a big brother. I think that it would help him a lot.

Hope you guys like the work and continue enjoying it! Comment, subscribe, favorite and all that stuff, please! It helps a lot! See ya, next time!