Disclaimer: I don't own My Hero Academia and any of its characters used in this fanfic.

A/N: I'm late again with posting, but this time, it was because I was exhausted yesterday and decided to rest. Here's the sixth one-shot for Katsuyu Week 2018! The prompt for Day 6 is Burger Date. (If any of you want to contribute, head on over to katsuyuweek on Tumblr to see the prompts, rules, and guidelines!)

This one-shot is yet another aged-up AU, but it's shorter than the previous one-shots because I wanted to focus on the simplicity and the little-things-in-life kind of atmosphere in Katsuyu. I felt like if I made it any longer, it would've ruined that simplicity I was going for.

Also, random fact: I was actually craving a burger a while ago, and then I remembered the prompt for Day 6 was Burger Date, so I figured I may as well include my craving for burgers in this one-shot (because it did not satiated one bit since I resisted my craving).

As always, fair warning: expect some coarse language—or, well, one bad word (because Katsuki didn't curse as much in this one-shot, which was a shocker).

With that said, enjoy!

Eventual

Day 6: Burger Date

"Why McDonald's?"

Tsuyu turned her head and looked up at Katsuki, her hand gently grasping Katsuki's, as they both stood across the street from McDonald's.

It was Saturday and late in the evening—almost 8:00 P.M. in fact—and neither of them had eaten dinner yet. They had been dating for two months now, but never went public about it because they wanted their privacy. When they had first started dating, all their friends and old high school classmates had known immediately, and majority of them were shocked because how in the world did Tsuyu Asui and Katsuki Bakugo, the 21-year-old man who once threatened to kill anyone who angered him even the slightest back in high school, become an item? Despite that shock, everyone was still supportive of them and agreed to keep their relationship a secret.

Unfortunately, the media recently found out about their relationship a week ago because a tabloid reporter had been following Tsuyu when she was Froppy. Tsuyu would always meet with Katsuki after their patrolling was over because it was a thing for them to check in with each other after patrolling was done to reaffirm that nothing had happened to the other and to spend time with each other before heading home, so when she felt someone following her, she immediately managed to lose that reporter. Unfortunately, that reporter had a partner, who had a camera and was situated on another building's rooftop.

And, of course, the media blew up about it because this tabloid had shown a picture just when Katsuki and Tsuyu had shared their good-bye kiss—a kiss they always shared before separating, but only if there weren't any prying eyes.

Needless to say, when that whole spiel happened, Tsuyu had to stop Katsuki from exploding the entire tabloid company's buildings down to ashes—multiple times, in fact—until Tsuyu told him that at least now, they can hold hands in public while they were civilians, which made Katsuki pause, rethink, and finally calm down since she had a point.

Of course, that didn't stop from the unnecessary badgering from reporters whenever they caught Tsuyu or Katsuki while they were doing their superhero duties. Although Tsuyu would always coolly say, "No comment," Katsuki would immediately start threatening every reporter. Eventually, Tsuyu had to tell Katsuki that he needed to keep his temper under control because the angrier he got, the more the reporters kept badgering him instead of Tsuyu—which Katsuki said he didn't mind because he'd rather they badger him than her, but still.

"Do you not like McDonald's?" Tsuyu asked.

"That's not that I said," Katsuki said dryly. "I meant, why McDonald's when we could've gone to that one restaurant?"

"That's further away, though."

"Yeah, but you could've brought home your leftovers for tomorrow or breakfast."

"True, but…"

Katsuki snorted before raising an eyebrow. "You were craving a burger, weren't you?"

"You know me so well," Tsuyu said teasingly as she smiled.

Katsuki groaned.

"You can order fries since I know you like them so much," Tsuyu sang, starting to pull Katsuki along with her to cross the street once the pedestrian signal turned green.

"That does sound tempting," Katsuki grumbled, not even trying to fight back as he walked across the street with Tsuyu.

Within seconds, they entered the McDonald's restaurant and walked up to the register since the place was mostly empty.

The cashier's eyes bugged out immediately upon seeing them before breaking out into a big smile. "Hi! What would you like?"

"A large Big Mac meal for me please," Tsuyu answered, feeling Katsuki's thumb brush against hers. "Oh, with Sprite!"

"Same here, but with Coke instead," Katsuki added.

"Okay!" the cashier replied. "For here or to-go?"

Katsuki turned to Tsuyu. "Do you want to eat here or bring it home?"

Home, of course, meant Katsuki's apartment where he lived alone. Tsuyu had made a habit of spending time with him on weekends; sometimes, she even stayed over and slept when she was too exhausted to go home.

"Let's eat it here," Tsuyu replied. "If we bring it home, it might be a bit colder by then."

Katsuki shrugged. "Fine by me."

"Okay, I marked your order as to-go," the cashier said. "Anything else I can get for you?"

Katsuki raised an eyebrow at Tsuyu, and when she shook her head, Katsuki replied to the cashier, "Nah, that's it."

"Okay, that'll be ¥1,340."

Tsuyu let go of Katsuki's hand to grab for her wallet in her bag, but immediately, Katsuki stopped her by putting his arm in front of her.

"I'll pay this time," Katsuki said as he pulled out his wallet and then paid using cash.

"But, I can at least pay half—"

"You're my girlfriend, so don't worry about it," Katsuki interrupted as the cashier handed him his change and receipt with the order number on top.

"Fine, but if you happen to find my half later in your wallet, you're keeping it," Tsuyu replied, smiling as they headed to find a table.

Katsuki snorted. "Then I'll make you take it back."

"Okay, but the question is if you can."

Once they found one and sat across from each other, Katsuki scowled. "Any reporters bother you lately?"

Tsuyu shook her head. "No."

"Good."

"I think you scared them all," Tsuyu said, laughing a bit.

"Good."

Tsuyu laughed louder in response.

As if on cue, they heard a number get called out, and Katsuki checked the number on his receipt before getting up to get their order. After a few minutes, Katsuki was back with a tray of their food and their two large sodas, and he handed Tsuyu her soda.

"Thanks," Tsuyu said.

Katsuki grunted in response before he began immediately eating his fries.

Tsuyu couldn't help but smile. "So, do you regret not going to that other restaurant now?"

Katsuki raised an amused eyebrow and grinned. "Just eat your damn food, or else I'll eat it for you."