Midori the Girlfriend

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Chapter 4: Date with Bakugo

He had to be out of his mind, Bakugo thought as he sat by the fountain near the station. What the hell was he thinking making this stupid bet? He'd never been on a friggin date before, and now he was challenging Icy Hot… that wealthy, sophisticated half and half bastard who probably knew exactly what he'd gotten himself into and was still so friggin confident he'd win.

Shit…

He picked up his phone scrolling through Google hoping it would give him some idea on what to do. He narrowed his eyes on some of the suggestions and his face tensed up with irritation. What the fuck? Flowers? Compliments? A damn suit!? He looked down at his casual jeans, t shirt with a white button up over it.

"FUCK THAT SHIT!" He stood up raving and shoved his phone back in his pocket to pace. He'd gotten to the meeting point a whole hour early and was driving himself crazy. He messed with his hair cursing and wondering when the hell she was gonna get there so he could get this day over with.

"Kacchan!" He heard her voice, and the sound of shoes running across the pavement. He glanced up, and his heart melted into a gooey puddle at his feet at the sight of her. She'd parted her hair into two braided tails, tying ribbons on the bottom. The dress she wore was a pale green, all flowy and springy. On her head was a big sunhat protecting that pale freckled complexion from the sun and she carried a small purse the same green as the dress.

He remembered seeing her all dolled up just a few days before in a lacey white dress that looked like a wedding gown and he had to hold his chest to keep his heart from leaking out again. "Bout damn time!" He shouted trying to hide his embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, I got off on the wrong stop!" She panted and bent over holding her knees. "These shoes aren't exactly practical either."

He glanced down at the white heels she wore and made a grumbling sound. Why the hell did he find her bare ankles so damn sexy? He was fucking turning into Mineta. "Well let's go then…" He held out his hand for hers. She stared at it a moment before taking it and letting him lead her through the crowd and out to the city. They strolled hand in hand down the path, Izumi looking around at the shops and people that past by.

"So where are we going?" She asked blinking wide eyed at him.

Hell if he knew, Bakugo thought his eyes scanning around. He spotted the amusement park and calculated how much money he had. When he told his mom he was going out with Usagi on Sunday she'd been generous with his allowance.

"We're going to the amusement park, rides, excitement, all that kind of stuff." He glanced back at her.

"Really?" Her face lit up with excitement. "I haven't been to one since our mom's took us to Fairy Land."

"Are you serious, that was like ten years ago!" He shouted at her in disbelief.

"Yeah, we were too little for the big rides then." She laughed and scratched her cheek. "Though I did like playing the arcade games, even though I only ever won the consolation prize. You won everything though! You were always so good at those games, Kacchan!"

"I'm sure you'd be better at them now that you have a quirk." Most amusement park games had been amplified since the appearance of quirks. They tested you on your control, and were often reinforced with special materials to keep the booths from being destroyed, much the same way Endeavor's dojo was.

"Hey, yeah, you're right. Now I'm really excited! I can't wait to test myself!" She danced a little in her heels. Bakugo bought the tickets and walked with her inside. His lips twitched at watching the wide eyed pleasure spread on her face as she looked at all the rides, and games and shows that filled the area. She opened the map and started looking at the various attraction choices.

"Let's see which should we do first…" she started to mutter, and his lips twitched again. He wasn't sure if he found that annoying or adorable.

"Let's get the big one out of the way." He snagged her hand again pointing to the big roller coaster. Izumi's face went blue at the sheer size of it. She heard the wild screams and the zoom of the metal cart zipping by on the platform.

"Uh… okay…"

"Don't tell me you're afraid, Usagi?" He smirked at her and leaned down so that they were on eye level. "You've taken down villains, surely you're not afraid of a little roller coaster."

"I'm not afraid!" She pouted at him and narrowed her eyes stepping to the roller coaster, her legs wobbling from the icky pitch in her stomach. "Let's go!"

She fidgeted through the entire line. Her face going paler the closer they got to the front. It was just her luck that they got the front car too so she'd see everything. She held her hat out to one of the workers and let them strap her in and she squeezed the handle bars tight between her fingers.

Bakugo glanced over, her body now visibly shaking, and he reached up prying one her hands off the bars and laced their fingers. "Relax, Usagi. Something like this isn't gonna-" he choked. The car jerking forward and up and he glanced around, his own face going blue as he realized just how freaking high they were.

Hey… no, get real Bakugo, he told himself squeezing Izumi's hand. You've jumped higher than this before… but then again he'd always been in control of his own body, here he had no control. They were in a friggin metal cart, on a stupid flimsy metal track, that could derail at any point in time with one minor setback and he wouldn't be able to do a damn thing about it without setting the entire thing ablaze.

"K-K-Kacchan…" Izumi's startled voice. "Just how high are we going?"

"Shut up, I don't know… shit.. .shit what the hell was I thinking!?" He felt his palms sweat and Izumi squealed and tried to wriggle free.

"Kacchan don't explode, for god's sake don't use your quirk here or we'll…" They reached the top, and both their faces looked down in dread at the sudden diving drop of the coaster.

"DIE!" They screamed together as the coaster jerked forward and they were sent into a tailspin gust of power. Izumi squealed and her eyes teared as the air pushed up on her face, her hair whipping around. Bakugo cursed beside her ranting and raving about what a stupid idea this was.

She felt the pitch in her stomach increase as they went through the loops and she shut her eyes tightly even as she screamed through them. As fast as it had started the ride ended… both got off, dizzy and disoriented, Izumi clumsily gathering her hat as they stepped out the exit and both fell onto a nearby bench.

"W-We lived…" she said it breathlessly.

"That… that was…" Bakugo started and they looked at each other. The sight of their messy hair, drained faces, and amusing expressions sent them both into stitches of laughter.

"Oh my god… oh my god Kacchan your face! Holy crap you were so scared!" Izumi held her sides feeling them ache.

"Not as scared as you! You were sick and squealing the whole time, Miss Hero!" He laughed as well choking on air.

"Oh wow… mmm all that made me thirsty." She stood up and straightened out her skirts. "I'll go get us some drinks. I'll pay for them since you got the tickets. I'll be right back." She walked off to a nearby food stand. Bakugo had to smile and he ran fingers through his hair sighing with relief. They were having fun… okay so he could do this dating thing.

He looked around him, and saw the booth where they had pictures from the roller coaster. He stood up and walked to it. He found his and Izumi's picture and secretly bought it, stuffing it into his wallet. He was glad his appearance looked more pissed off rather than frightened. Izumi's face on the other hand was a wide eyed shriek that had him grinning… and between them was their hands laced together and holding on for dear life.

"I'm back… whatcha looking at Kacchan?" She came back with two soda's in hand and a pretzel. He fumbled with his wallet and stuffed it back in his pocket before she could see the picture.

"Nothing, just checking to see how much money I have." He grabbed the soda and gulped it greedily down. "Do you wanna go on another ride?"

"Actually, can we play some of the media games?" She asked excitedly. "I wanna try them out and see if I've improved in ten years."

"Heh, alright, let's go." He wrapped an arm around her shoulders and guided her towards the games. All around were kids running form display to display. People gathered to watch others with incredible quirks to gain high prizes. Izumi paused at the ball toss, and though this was the perfect place to test her quirk. "This one!" She rushed to it eying the game. The tubby man on the other side gave a smile and offered her a ball. She slipped her money on the counter and took the ball up in hand. She focused her strength her hair and dress flowing as she reached her arm back and sent the ball flying. The sonic wind pressed against the reinforced material of the booth and had it shaking from the vibration and even though she hit her target she only knocked down one pin.

"Huh?!" Her eyes widened and she pouted. "Why?"

"They're made of a way heavier material to compensate for the quirks." He took up a ball now as the pin reset. "You have to use the right amount of force and hit just the right point." He suddenly smirked evilly. "Like this… DIE!" He punched the ball forward and had the pins exploding apart.

Izumi slumped as the guy behind the counter handed him his stuffed rabbit prize. "Deja Vu…"

"Don't looks so glum… back then you couldn't even take one down." He handed the rabbit to her. She took it, still pouting even as she played with the ears.

"Yeah but…"

"You wanna use your quirk, I've got the perfect game for you, come on." He tugged her hand rushing her down Media way til he found it. The super strong man game. Take a hammer, hit your mark, simple. "This will work better for your quirk I think. You're way stronger than you look even when you're not powered up, they'll take it easy on you."

"I don't want to play a game I can easily win at!" She scowled at it.

"Come on, just give it a try." He shoved her forward. All the beefed up, and brawny types gave her one look and started to snicker. The game man tilted his cap up chuckling and offered her a hammer.

"Wanna play little lady?" There was laughter around her and Izumi felt her hands fisting at her sides. Bakugo smirked his hands going into his pockets as he casually slouched against a wall and watched the show.

Ignoring the hammer the guy held out to her Izumi snagged the largest one available to her. Thinking she wouldn't even be able to lift it the gamer secretly switched the setting on the machine to low to take pity.. Which was a mistake. His eyes widen as Izumi's body glowed and electrified. Her eyes went fierce and she hefted the hammer up and over her head.

"SMASH!"

She brought the hammer down with a fury, the ball rising up knocking the ball clear off the top, and the head of the hammer snapping off from the force of her strength. All of the guys around her aside from Bakugo had either fallen on their asses or stood mouths gaping open in wide eye shock.

Bakugo casually strolled up and put an arm around Izumi who still held the broken stick of her hammer. "I believe you owe my lady a prize, good sir." He snickered down at him. "Unless you want to anger her more."

"Y-YES! Take whatever you'd like!"

"You made me a bully…" Izumi complained later even as she cuddled her prize to her chest. It was a large stuffed All Might doll that she couldn't help but croon over.

"You liked it, and don't tell me you didn't. You like taking people by surprise when they underestimate you." He was snickering over it.

Izumi looked away, only because she knew it to be true. They walked in silence for a minute trying to figure out what they wanted to do next… and Izumi's cellphone rang.

"Oh, Shoto…"

Bakugo halted a second when he heard that. Shoto… she'd called Todoroki by his first name. When the hell had that happened?

"Shoto? Hi… yeah I'm with him right now. I'm not sure how long… the hospital?" Her eyes went worried. "Why are you…" then she realized, and her heart tumbled in her chest. "Do you want me to meet you there?"

Bakugo clenched his free fist, the arm that hug his rabbit doll threatening to pop the head right off. Damn it. Damn it he'd been having such a good time he'd forgotten. He snagged the phone out of her hand and snapped into it.

"Did you forget she's mine for today, you can have her back tomorrow! Get lost!" He hung up and shoved the phone back at a fretting Izumi.

"Kacchan!" Izumi glared at him. "That was-"

"Rude? You really think I care? We had a deal! You and I would go out today, and I don't want any interference from him! I don't care if he's the one you're actually dating. For today you belong to me!"

Izumi frowned and she stomped her foot. "I don't BELONG to anybody! We're having fun, Kacchan, don't ruin it by being an ass!"

"Don't ruin it by making kissy worry faces on the phone!" He shouted back to her.

"I wasn't making kissy faces, and even if I was as you pointed out I'm dating Shoto, not you!"

"When the hell did you start calling him Shoto? When the fuck did that happen, huh?!" He was panicking, he realized. Too riled up, and fretful to give a damn about the scene they were making or how anyone else was feelings.

"I started it when I accepted his father's request! Shoto is his hero name, so I have to get used to calling him that."

"Then what about me? Midnight wouldn't let me use the names I liked so I'm using Katsuki. Why won't you call me by that?"

She hesitated her hands gripping the All Might doll almost as if asking for comfort.

"I'm Usagi… You're Kacchan...Girlfriend or not I won't accept anything else. It You said it yourself!" She pointed at herself then at him.

"That was before I found out you were…" He clenched his teeth and he cursed over and over. "Damn it, forget the stupid bet, I'm going home!" He turned on his heel heading out. "You can walk yourself home!"

"Wait! Kacchan! Hold on!" She ran after him and screamed when he sent an explosion at her feet.

"Don't follow me! Go ahead and date Todoroki I no longer care! Just leave me the fuck alone!" He raced off ahead of her, in his mad dash out he'd dropped the stuffed rabbit and disappeared in the crowd.

Bakugo wasn't sure how long he ran but he'd worked up a good sweat in doing so. He could feel his quirk starting to pop freely and had to calm himself down before he blew up the entire amusement park. This had all been a stupid idea, he thought as he slumped onto a bench.

What had he been trying to prove? It didn't matter how much fun they had today, she was still gonna choose that damned Todoroki in the end. Shit… He covered his face with his hands leaning his elbows on his knees.

He'd seen the way she'd looked at him, the way she talked to him and about him. She had that same glitter in her eye whenever she talked about All Might. That bright happy smile and sparkle that showed off her innocence and purity.

There was a time he had been arrogant enough to believe all She'd wanted was to be with him. That she'd settle for shadowing him for the rest of her life… but that pure light of hers was too bright to be a shadow. She needed someone who could make her shine brighter, make her brighter than the sun itself, not drag her down into the shadow.

He clenched his teeth and pulled out his wallet to stare at the picture. His heart pitched when he saw it was gone, he looked around pulling at his pockets and cursing. Where the hell had he dropped it?

He raced back, tracing his footsteps. His heart ached, and his head muddled over the fact he'd been stupid enough, careless enough to lose that memory. He was always careless with her. Not appreciating her enough, not treating her well enough… and now she was gone again! He'd lost her AGAIN!

Tears burned and he stopped in front of the strong man game that was now under construction. His eyes searched desperately on the ground… Slowly they rose up… and then widen at the sight of Izumi kneeling on the ground clutching his rabbit in her arms and looking at the picture, tears dripping down her face. "U….Usagi?"

She tensed up looking over at him, her eyes spilling over. "Kacchan…"

He took one step, then another, then was racing across to her and going to his knees to hug her tightly, the stuffed rabbit squeezed between them. "I'm sorry!"

More tears spilled as Izumi clung to him and she buried her face in his shoulder sobbing. "No, I'm sorry… You were right, it was supposed to be just you and me."

"No… damn it no, don't you dare apologize for that." He pulled back and wiped her cheek free of tears. "This was my stupid idea, and it's my fault not yours that you're in a relationship with him. I told you I didn't want to have a second chance until I knew, absolutely, that you wanted to be with me. It's my fault I'm losing you all over again."

"Kacchan…" She held up the picture to him and he took it from her holding it preciously to his chest. "You're not losing me. I may be dating Sh- Todoroki-kun but the feelings I've built for you over a decade aren't just gonna go away." She touched her chest as well. "Todoroki understands that I had feelings for your first, and you never forget your first."

Bakugo sniffed and grit his teeth looking at her teary face. First… his first…

"You never forget your first love." He finished and leaned in pressing his forehead to hers. "Izumi… I love you."

"I know, Kacchan…" Even though she smiled the tears spilled and she hugged him tight. "I know."

She wouldn't say those words back to him, he realized and for the first time in his life he buried his face in her neck, and cried of a broken heart.

~Todoroki~

Shoto exited the hospital with a heavy sigh. He had hoped, with some optimism, that Izumi's date wouldn't last as long as it did. He'd have to find some time to bring her down here so she could meet his mother.

When he told his mom that he and Izumi were now dating, she was thrilled. She looked at pictures from his phone, asked the traditional mother questions, and even asked if he was taking "precautions."

Well, Shoto thought with a blush, if he was gonna get the sex talk from either of his parents he'd rather it be his mom. Still it was embarrassing to think about. He hadn't even thought about sex… or at least not a lot… okay so damn it he was turning into a Mineta sized perv, but that was normal… wasn't it?

"Shoto!"

His head lifted up when he saw Izumi running towards him. Her cheeks were red from running, and vene thought she'd done her best to clean herself up he saw that her eyes were red from crying. He scowled at that.

"Midoriya… are you okay?"

"Hmm?" She stepped up to him panting, and when he motioned to her eyes she sighed and pat her cheek. "Oh, it's nothing. The date got a little emotional… but" she looked up at him. "He's accepted it."

"Seriously?" Todoroki's eyes narrowed. "The date was that bad?"

"No… we were having a lot of fun, but…" She clutched the All Might doll. "I think Kacchan realizes that it's my decision. He can't force his feelings on me."

The guy was learning, Shoto thought grimly and stuffed his hands in his pockets… then paused and narrowed his eyes. "Wait, when you say force his feelings do you mean he-"

"Huh? Oh no no no!" she held out her hands waving defensively. "Nothing like that happened. It's just, after you called we got into a fight. He basically let out all his feelings and ran off for a bit to cool off… then when he came back… he told me he loved me, and I just… couldn't say it back to him."

"Midoriya…" He clenched his hands in his pockets. She hadn't said those words back to him either, but didn't feel like pointing that out.

"Anyway… we're over that particular hurdle… I say let's take it one step at a time." She lifted her head smiling. "I'm happy that we did this. I got precious memories from both of you, ones I'll keep forever."

Shoto had to smile, he lifted his hand out of his pocket and stroked her cheek. "Have you eaten?"

"Not really… After the whole mess happened Kacchan just walked me to the station and told me to meet up with you. Said he was too friggin annoyed and tired to take me to dinner like he'd planned.

"His loss…" He leaned in kissing her. "Come on," he took her hand and walked with her. "I'm a little jealous you got all dressed up for him, though."

"Don't expect it.. These heels are friggin killing me!" She grumbled.

"Want me to carry you?" He joked and laughed when he saw the embarrassed expression on her face.

"Very funny, Shoto." She grumbled, but tightened her grip on his hand. The entire day had been a wild emotional ride, like the roller coaster. To show for it she had an All Might doll, a laughing boyfriend, and a photograph tucked neatly in her purse of a precious memory with her best friend and first love.

~Ask Briry~

Briry: Ugh these emotional chapters are killing me. So Many feels! No ask segment today, you'll just have to wait for the next chapter! Keep the questions coming though!

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