Chapter 3
Bakugou was shuttered awake by his alarm clock blaring beside his bed. Groining he rolled over and slammed the off button. Shutting up the clock instantly. Sitting up he saw he was still half naked. Just his pants and socks were on. Remembering he had just fallen asleep after Kirishima came in to bother him. Stumbling out of bed he got to his closet. Looking into it as he got a new clean uniform. Stripping fully, he got dressed in the clean clothes. Looking around for his phone he soon found it in his old pants. Digging it out he tossed the old pair to his laundry hamper. Moving towards his private bathroom he flicked the lights on and looked to himself in the mirror. Fixing his shirt just how he liked it. Not fully buttoned up and no tie. Turning on the faucet he took up is toothbrush and paste. Starting his daily routine as he mumbled while he brushed his teeth.
"Die germs." It was something his mom had taught him to do when he was younger. It was more of a joke to him now. But he would say it damn near every day. Spitting into the sink he finished up his hygiene check. Looking at his face to make sure there wasn't anything like a pimple or hell even a scratch. Content with how he looked he moved out of the bathroom. Turning the lights off as he left his room.
He saw the rest of his classmates getting up and soon he entered the elevator with a few guys. Tokoyami, Denki, and Rikido Sato. Bakugou was happy that no one talked in the elevator in the mornings. Everyone was to tired too. Fine with him. The less he had to talk to these idiots, the less of a headache he would get.
The doors dinged as a few girls walked in. That being Mina, Asui, and Hagakure. The elevator now getting packed a little. Bakugou knew that the rest of the class was up already. He had set his alarm so that he was on the last ride down. The doors opened as he walked out. Moving to the kitchen. Getting to the fridge he opened it up. Seeing some quick microwavable noodles. Looking around he saw others slowly eating. Some were more awake than others. Seeing Iida and Shoto talking by the doors. Seeming already ready to go. Bakugou was a little surprised that Iida was still here. Knowing Iida went early to make sure the classroom was in order. Bakugou rolled his eyes and opened the container of dried noodles. Filling it up with water. Stopping at the mark it had on the inside. He then moved and put it in the microwave. Hitting 4 minutes as the soft hum of the microwave filled his ears.
"Did you hear that Izuku and Kirishima were up late last night?" Bakugou stiffened a little. Listening in on whoever was talking.
"Oh ya. Mineta said when he was coming out of the bathroom. Well that is what he said but I have a feeling that little perv was sneaking around." Jiro says as Bakugou turned to see who else was there. Seeing Mina with her. The two continuing their conversation.
"Well he said they were talking about something. So, he got a little closer. Said they were talking about boy problems. Mineta had heard enough and headed off." Mina finished as Bakugou had slowly gotten agitated. At first, he was for Izuku and Kirishima talking like that by themselves. Then he got on himself as to why he was even thinking like that. He didn't care if Izuku was going after Kirishima. Did he? Something in his stomach was telling him that he did. The microwave beeped and he quickly opened it. Taking out his noodles as he got some chopsticks. Sitting down at the counter. Trying to bury this weird feeling that was slowly building. After he had finished eating Iida had yelled out that the class was leaving. Getting up he moved with the rest of the group. Slowly falling back to the end of the group.
The air this morning was a little chilly. He didn't mind as he knew it would warm up when the sun came out. He looked up slightly to see he had lagged enough. Now walking alone with his thoughts once again. Why when Mina was talking about what Mineta saw last night piss him off so much? Why did he want to grab Kirishima and tell him to watch it? Maybe give him a good threat for being around Izuku. Didn't he hate that little nerd? He didn't care about him. So, what if Kirishima started to go for Izuku. What did it matter to him? Right?! He was getting more and more upset as he walked on. Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder. Quickly without thinking he slammed a hard explosion into whoever it was. When the smoke cleared it was Kirishima. Who had hardened before the attack.
"Hey buddy. Glad to see you too!" Kirishima said in his happy way. Bakugou looked deep into Kirishima's eyes. That feeling he had been trying to stop had just been interrupted by this spiky red-haired boy.
"You…" Growled Bakugou as Kirishima saw that this wasn't normal Bakugou. Seeing that his eyes were filled with rage.
"W-wait Baku-AHK!" Bakugou had picked up the kid and slammed him on the nearby wall. Holding him there as he was shaking with fury.
"WHAT WERE YOU AND DEKU TALKING ABOUT?!" Kirishima hardened quickly as Bakugou sent another explosive punch.
"We were talking about my problem with Denki! Trust me Bakugou! Why do you even care!?" Bakugou heard this as he seemed to get another wave of rage. Sending another punch his way. Missing on purpose and slamming his fist into the wall beside Kirishima.
"Bullshit!" Is all Bakugou said. Dropping Kirishima who landing on his feet. Fixing his uniform.
"Trust me I'm not trying to get Izuku. I woke up to a bad dream and went for some water. He was already there when I went down there last night. We talked and he didn't have much to help me with my problem with Denki." He waited a little bit to see Bakugou was slowly calming down before asking again. "Why do you care though?"
"SHUT UP! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE AND GET TO CLASS!" Bakugou yelled as Kirishima knew that standing here could possibly get him another face blast.
"You know you can talk to me whenever. See you in class dude." Kirishima walked forward as Bakugou was left standing there. Hating himself that his emotions got the best of him like that. Fuck now Kirishima most likely knew that he had some feelings for Izuku.
"Fucking aahhhg!" He yelled and stomped on towards the school.
The school day was going well. Bakugou had soon forgotten his anger when he got to blow up more things to work on his quirk. All Might had stopped on bye to see how the students were doing. Bakugou showed off a little just because he could. He was about to destroy the next concrete wall when he heard someone call his name.
"Katsuki come talk with me for a moment." All Might had asked. Moving from where he was he soon stood in front of the thin and weak All Might. "How are you and Izuku doing? Hopefully staying rivals." He said. Bakugou just rolled his eyes.
"Don't fucking know. And I don't care." He said in a harsh tone.
"Ah seems rivals then." Bakugou turned around to face away from All Might. His eyes suddenly caught Izuku. Who was working on some hard roundhouse kicks. Blowing away the concrete walls. Izuku was sweaty and panting. Looking determined to get better. Bakugou had been staring as All Might laughed a little. Snapping him away from Izuku.
"What old man?" He asked as All Might just raised his hands to his best.
"Nothing young Bakugou. Was just laughing a little. Remembered a late show joke." Bakugou just scoffed at the man.
"Can I go back to training?" All Might nods and without wasting anymore time. Bakugou blasted off back to his area. All Might turned, walking over towards Aizawa. "Can we talk privately?" Aizawa looked to All Might with tired confusion. With a simple nod Aizawa told Ken. Telling him he will be right back. The two swiftly started to walk out of the gym.
Outside of the gym the birds chirped away. The sun shined down onto the school of UA. The two teachers leaned on the gym's wall. Aizawa looked over to All Might. Waiting for him to speak.
"Have you been watching how Bakugou and Izuku act around one another?" He asked. Nodding in response Aizawa sighs.
"Seems the two have become rivals. Usually I had to keep a good eye on the two. Make sure they didn't get in a fight. Mostly Bakugou since he starts a lot of them." All Might nods with a smile.
"How about how they look at one another?" This time Aizawa raised his brows.
"What are you saying here Yagi?" All Might motions for him to come back inside. The two walking back in as he points to Bakugou. Who was just staring at Izuku. Who was stilling busy with his own training.
"If I do recall. That is the same way you looked at Present Mic back in the day. When I was first becoming a hero." Aizawa looks to Bakugou. Who seemed to just stand there. His eyes dilated and his jaw a little dropped.
"Great now I got to make sure they don't fool around during school." All Might just laughed a little.
"I don't think it's at that point yet. But yes, do watch them a little bit. I'm not saying to break it up. But like you said. Make sure they are on track to becoming a hero." Aizawa just sighs more and All Might gave another hearty laugh. Suddenly spraying some blood before he quickly started to leave. Rubbing his mouth of the blood.
"What was that about?" Ken Ishiyama asked as he was still crouched. Putting up walls here and there for different students.
"Look for yourself." He points towards Bakugou who was still looking at Izuku. Seeming to slowly send explosions out of his palms towards the concrete wall.
"Oh, I see now. I wondered why I didn't feel that wall break yet." The two looked to Bakugou. Who seemed to realize what he was doing and quickly blew up the wall. Yelling for three more.
Izuku had been training hard today. Trying to push his limits with how many kicks and wall jumps he could do while only using five percent of his quirk. He had broken a total of ten walls. And had done forty-eight wall jumps. He was feeling it in his legs too. It was already starting to get hard to stand. Izuku was taking a small break as he looked around him. Seeing others training. He saw Uraraka up in the air with a barf bag. Seeming to come prepared today. His eyes traveled around to everyone till his eyes landed on Bakugou. Who was again staring at him. Seeing his body was sending out some explosions. They were weak as they just burned the wall. Seeing that Izuku had seen him. He snarled back and then sent a massive blast to the wall. Blowing it sky high.
"Kacchan?" He asked in his mind. Looking to Bakugou who had yelled for three more walls. Seeming to just blast away. The three walls having to be replaced almost as soon as he asked for them. How long had Bakugou been watching him train? It was like what Kirishima had said. His eyes were dilated, and his mind was off somewhere else. Izuku gulped as he began to think of an idea. They were rivals now right? It was time to stop hiding like this. He got in a fighting stance as he had accepted a plan. Smirking a little and went back to wall jumps and kicks.
The rest of the day went on without anything major happening. Izuku made sure to walk with Iida and Uraraka. Shoto had joined them this day as the group walked home.
"I didn't puke today! I got really close at one point!" Iida gave her a high-five as she cheered for herself.
"I managed to run through three walls before I lost enough speed to not make it through the fourth." Iida said as he showed his slightly bent glasses. Seeming to be slightly annoyed that they were bent.
"Got a lot of wall jumps in today. My legs are still killing me though." Izuku says as he was walking a little slow.
"What about you Shoto? Did you have a good training day?" Iida asked him. Shoto nods as he lights his left hand. Along with freezing his right.
"I've found a good routine to help me balance using the two sides at once. Almost hit Asui with some flames. She is fine. Said it was an accident." The four entered the dorms as a few others were already in the living room. Relaxing after a long day.
"Izuku are you going to do homework with us today?" Uraraka asked moving and taking a seat at the kitchen counter. Iida standing beside her.
"Yes of course." Sitting down next to Uraraka they started right in on their lessons. Iida helped them with math. Uraraka helped with English. The three working together on Modern Hero Art. Finishing up after two hours of working they sighed happily.
"Dinner will be ready soon everyone!" Yaoyorozu had said but many called her Momo. She was one of the two cooks that seemed to take up the job. Since her quirk is creation she must eat a lot in order to create. So, cooking was a perfect job for her in the dorms.
Izuku looked at the time clock on the stove. Seeing it was just around 5 P.M. he decided to head to his room. Telling Iida that he was going to be in his room till dinner he got to the elevator. The doors opened and Izuku froze as Bakugou was standing there. The two made eye contact and he saw Bakugou's eyes go wide. Then going back to a hateful glare as he went to push the close door button. Quickly Izuku moved his arm between the doors. The sensors saw this and opened the doors. Izuku held his head high as he walked into the elevator with Bakugou. The doors closed as the elevator was heading to floor 2. Izuku figured that this was his chance to try and see what Bakugou stood.
"Why do you look at me like you do?" Izuku asked. Looking forward as he watched the elevator go up. Which seemed to be taking years now.
"What are you talking about nerd. Like I'll look at you." Izuku saw the number hit two. And the doors opened. Izuku quickly hit all the buttons on the panel. Bakugou yelling in outrage.
"Damnit Deku! I was trying to go lay down!" Izuku looked to Bakugou who was fuming beside him.
"Answer me Kacchan! Why do you look at me? I've seen you do it! You just stare at me!" Bakugou was already having enough of this.
"So what?! I stare! I'm looking for weak points so I can beat your ass!" He looked around the elevator as it was getting a little hot. "That's it I'm blowing these doors open!" Bakugou stepped back a little and got ready to blast these doors apart.
"No you won't! You give me an answer Kacchan!" Izuku stood right in front of the doors. Getting in a defensive stance.
"Fucking move Deku! I'll blow you up too!" He says as Izuku shakes his head.
"No you won't! You haven't laid a finger on me since our fight! Not even coming close too!" God damnit was this damn nerd pissing him off. He had been thinking all day again about these feelings he had for this little fucker. He closed his eyes and yelled. Throwing his hand forward as Izuku braced himself.
But an explosion didn't happen. Instead Bakugou had wrapped his hand around Izuku's head. Moving him away from the door and to the wall of the elevator. Shoving him close to him as Bakugou went in for a very passionate filled kiss. Throwing Izuku off guard for a short time before returning it.
"It's like heaven." Izuku thought as he shared the kiss with his rival. Suddenly the elevator binged and the doors opened. The two love birds looked over to see Kirishima standing there blushing madly.
"Oh uh..sup dudes." He said as Bakugou broke the kiss from Izuku. Grabbing Kirishima by the shirt collar.
"You tell anyone this and I'll fucking kill you!" Kirishima hardened up as he nods.
"Listen dude! I won't say a word! Calm down!" Bakugou was still heated till Izuku moved out of the elevator and put a hand on Bakugou's shoulder.
"Kacchan its fine! He won't say anything!" Bakugou looked over to Izuku who was pleading with his eyes to let him go. Dropping him Kirishima fixed his shirt.
"Well uh damn you two. Seems you are already beating me In my progress." Kirishima said as Bakugou growled.
"We are sorry uh please don't say anything about this." Izuku said as Kirishima nodded.
"No worries bro! Secret is safe with me." Kirishima entered the elevator as the doors closed. The two being left there by themselves.
"Deku." Izuku looked to Bakugou who was standing by the wall.
"Sorry…Kacchan if I um." Bakugou told him to shut up as Bakugou leaned on the wall. Izuku frowned a little but did as he was told.
"You don't say anything about this either." Izuku nodded as he didn't plan too. This was not his plan that he made earlier today. His plan was to just go to Bakugou's room and maybe ask then. But the elevator ride was just too perfect to pass up. He heard Bakugou sigh which prompted him to look back up.
"You fucking nerd. Getting me to do that. Guess it's out now. You see where I stand." He says not looking to Izuku. Izuku slowly moved closer to him.
"Well I mean it was just a kiss. It's not like we are dating or anything. Unless we are now!" Bakugou flinched at him and shakes his head.
"Fucking no! I mean fuck I don't know!" Bakugou eyed Izuku. Who seemed to be stunned as it occurred to him that he was in the same boat. The boat of not knowing what the fuck to do.
"Maybe we can uh…take it slow? See where it leads?" Izuku says as he looks down. Not meeting Bakugou's eyes now.
"Fuck..fine that works. But don't be getting your hopes up!" Bakugou looked as he saw he was on floor 4. Looking to the number above the elevator it was on its way back up. Grabbing Izuku forcefully he slammed his lips back onto Izuku's sharing another passionate filled moment. When the doors to the elevator opened he shoved Izuku back into the elevator.
"W-Wait Kacchan What are you doing?" Asked a dazed and stunned Izuku.
"I'm taking a fucking nap like I said earlier! Wake me up for dinner fucker!" He said irritated as Bakugou watched as the doors closed. Once they did he sighed heavily. Walking to his bedroom and slamming the door.
What did he do! He fucked up! He fucked up immensely…right? Bakugou didn't feel like he had though. Honestly, he felt a little relieved. Like a burden was now lifted off his chest. Fuck he couldn't think of that now. He took his shirt off and kicked his shoes off. Getting in his bed as he closed his eyes. Desperately trying to think of something else besides what just happened. But only one thought kept coming back.
He wanted more.
Izuku had gotten to his floor and to his room. Flopping down on his bed as he screamed in frustration into his pillow. He didn't know what to think. Bakugou had kissed him and seemed to agree on trying things slow. Millions of questions rushed his mind. Was this good for their rivalry? Would this change things back to how they were before the fight? What would his mother think!? Getting no answers back he shoved his face into his pillow. He knew one thing was certain out of his many thoughts.
He loved Kacchan and would try to make this work.