Bakugo slouched on the wall, his self-proclaimed Bakusquad in a loose circle near him. Mina was sitting on a chair closest to him, her legs on top of Shitty Hair's lap as she yapped to him about this and that. Bakugo rolled his eyes at them and took a long sip from his water bottle. He could feel the effects of the punch and he came to find out that he didn't care for it much. Despite this realization, he was enjoying the slight calmness it brought over him. Even if it was only just temporary.

He exhaled contently. A solid fifteen minutes had passed and Uraraka still remained safely on the opposite end of the…

Wait. Where the fuck did she go?!

"Chako-chan come over here!" Mina waved at the gravity quirk user who had somehow migrated closer to where their group was.

Bakugo tensed. Before Uraraka could protest, Kirishima shot her a blinding smile, "Yes, Uravity! Come join us."

That was enough to get the rest of the dumbasses to join in.

Uraraka approached the group timidly, trying her utmost best to avoid looking in his direction, waving hello to everyone in the circle.

"Looking good Ura-cutie!" Sero said wrapping an arm over her shoulder. Kaminari and Kirishima both gave her a thumbs up. Attention from the opposite sex was still kind of new to her and it still elicited a small blush.

"Hey!" Sero exclaimed suddenly, unwrapping his arm from Uraraka's shoulder as he dodged a half-empty water bottle. "What the hell Baku-bro." He gave the explosive quirk user a pointed look. Bakugo crossed his arms in front of his chest and turned his head away. "Tch."

"Ooookay, crazy." Mina said, giving Bakugo a confused look before turning back to Uraraka who stood with her mouth slightly agape, confused by what had just transpired, "Chako, sweetie, come sit with me." She swung her legs off Kirishima and wiggled his eyebrows at him in a way that made Uraraka wary. Kirishima smiled at her and got out of the chair he had been occupying smoothly.

"Here Uraraka." He said as he went to stand next to Jiro and Kaminari. He began talking to them in soft voices, barely audible to the group over the music.

Uraraka uncomfortably sat down next to Mina, again trying to keep her eyes on everyone except the guy to her left. She took a shaky breath, the air around her feeling suddenly too thick. Despite not wanting to look at him she was keenly aware of his presence. Her body stood alert.

"Do you want more punch?" Kirishima asked suddenly, looking in Mina's direction. Eyes twinkling with irrepressible mischief.

"Hell yes!" Mina exclaimed, "Chako-chan, would you like some special punch." Uraraka nibbled on her lower lip. The effects of the wine had already dulled significantly. She didn't want to be rude and leave this group so suddenly after joining it but she doubted she'd be able to get her nerves in check with the loud-mouth blonde, not even a couple of feet next to her.

Does he even know he has my book? She thought to herself. Worse..what if he knows what it's about. Uraraka felt her heart drop.

"Uhm, yes please." She needed a distraction.

"Great! I'll join you, Kiri." She said getting up in a flash. Before Uraraka knew what was happening, Mina had dragged Kirishima and Sero towards the refreshments corner. Uraraka gave Jiro a panicked look, but the hearing hero sent her a small apologetic smile before grabbing Kaminari and dashing after the other three, leaving a very nervous Uraraka and a severely pissed-off Bakugo.

Crap.

The silence between them hung heavy. Uraraka twirled her thumbs in anticipation, her eyes cast down, her face set in a deep blush. Bakugo remained as he had been. No visible change, except for an almost identical blush laying across his cheeks.

This was awkward.

"Uhm...Baku...mmm...well...Bakugo, you can sit if you want." She managed to spill the words out of her mouth to form a somewhat coherent sentence, albeit it came out as a mere whisper, but she was pretty sure he still heard her.

He huffed. For a second, Uraraka felt rejected but then he very quietly slipped into the chair that had once been occupied by Mina.

They sat there in awkward silence for the remainder of the song.

"It can't possibly be taking those fuckers this long to get some stupid punch." Bakugo barked quietly, glaring in the direction of where their friends had migrated towards.

Uraraka agreed. It did appear like they were taking their sweet time.

Uraraka took a deep breath in and exhaled it in shaky interludes. Despite himself, Bakugo turned to see if she was okay. Their eyes locked again.

Uraraka gave him a shy smile and he quickly turned away.

Stupid fucking hormones.

He quickly got up from his chair and began to head out of the auditorium. Fuck this and fuck his so-called friends. He wasn't just going to sit around as they laughed at him. At them.

He made it onto the outer hallway when she heard a small voice call after him.

"Bakugo?"

He turned slowly, red eyes finding brown eyes once more, but this time it was Uraraka who turned away first. A cute blush enveloped her already pink, round cheeks.

Cute?! He groaned inwardly.

"Well, what the fuck do you want Cheeks." He scoffed, leaning his side onto the wall nearest him. The awkwardness between them made him irritable.

His attitude towards her allowed her to shake off some of her nerves. It was much easier to be annoyed at him. Besides what kind of nickname was that?

"Cheeks?!" She said folding her arms over her chest in indignation. "Really!?"

Bakugo couldn't help the small smile that warped his face. She looked cute, huffing and puffing in that ridiculously short dress. Stop it! He groaned internally, the humor dying as his eyes checked her out now that she was a lot closer.

If he thought he had been subtle, her reaction showed him that he hadn't.

Feeling the awkward silence wash over them once more, Bakugo turned to walk away. He stepped outside and was about to head toward the dorms when he felt a small hand wrap around his wrist.

A small shock of electricity made them both yelp and Uraraka retreat her hand.

They stood for the longest couple of seconds either had ever experienced. The only sound was their labored breathing and the distant thumping of the music.

"Uhm, Bakugo…" She wasn't sure why she kept following after him but now was a perfect opportunity to ask for her book back, right? So why could she not get the words to come out?

For Pete's sake Ochako! Get it together! You are better than this! You're a fierce warrior and a soon-to-be amazing rescue hero. Just ask for it back!

She took one determined, deep breath before squaring her shoulders, almost as if she were getting ready to fight.

"I would like my book back." She said, leveling Bakugo with a fierce gaze. Bad idea. His red eyes were piercing her deep brown ones. "Please?" She added quickly.

The sounds of their breathing mingled for a bit.

"No." He finally said turning around and starting to walk toward the dorms.

Uraraka blinked in surprise as she watched his retreating form get further from her. Uhm? What?

"Excuse me? What the hell do you mean by no?" She yelled after him, her mind trying to make sense of his odd response.

"Oi! I told you not to fucking cuss. It's weird as shit." He scolded her but never slowed his pace.

"I can cuss if I want to." She began jogging after him. "Bakugo!"

He sped. Not enough to constitute jogging, but definitely faster. He wasn't sure why he had said no. His mouth formed the word before his brain had a chance to react. He had no explanation. Well, none that wouldn't involve letting the cute little brunette who had plagued his dreams (and was currently gaining in on him) that he didn't want to give it back because he wasn't done with it.

He was about to take another step when he felt himself levitate from the ground.

He tried to turn around to see what the hell had happened and he ended up flipping upside down.

"WHAT THE HELL CHEEKS!"

"Stop calling me that. And I'll let you down if you promise not to keep running away from me like a scaredy-cat." She taunted, on her face a determined smirk. Eerily reminiscent of the face she showed him when they faced off at the Sports Festival at the beginning of the year.

"GET ME THE FUCK DOWN!" Bakugo began to try to maneuver through the air. It was Uraraka's turn to giggle at how ridiculous he looked flapping through zero gravity. He was already starting to drift higher up, so Uraraka knew she'd have to let him down sooner rather than later. If she released him when he was too high up, she could actually hurt him.

"STOP FUCKING LAUGHING!"

"Not until you promise to give me my book back." She huffed, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"I SWEAR TO GOD CHEEKS WHEN I GET THE FUCK DOWN..!"

"Release." She said simply, as she touched the pads of her fingers together.

Bakugo hit the ground before he knew what had happened. Oh, she's fucking….

"WHAT THE...!" Bakugo once again found himself beginning to float. While Bakugo was still disoriented from hitting the ground, Uraraka quickly activated her quirk on him.

He heard her laughing. It was a melodic sound that he would not mind hearing more of. When he got down from this zero gravity shit he was going to kiss her...Wait, no. Kill not kiss. Kill her. He was going to kill her.

Stupid fucking hormones.

"Say you'll give me my book back and I'll let you down Bakugo." She tried to sound serious but laughter braided through her tone.

Bakugo began to let out small sparks from his hands. He'd blast his way back down to the ground.

"I wouldn't do that." She said matter-of-factly. "You may end up blasting yourself higher into the sky and I may just be inclined to let you float into space if that happens."

Bakugo growled. "Cheeks…" He said through gritted teeth.

"I told you what my condition was." She said, once again leveling him with a determined gaze, "And I'd agree to my terms soon. You are pretty high up now, the fall will be much worse."

"FUCKING FINE. I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR STUPID PORN BOOK ROUND FACE JUST GET ME DOWN!"

"Release."

Bakugo felt the effects of gravity take him once more as he plummeted to the ground. She had been right, he had been higher.

Bakugo grunted as he landed hard on his ass.

He quickly shot up and glared at Uraraka. He was about to shout expletives at her but her face made him stop dead. Her determined gaze from moments ago had evolved into one of...nervousness? Her face had erupted into a raging blush.

"Bakugo…" She started, anxiety at her worst nightmare coming true causing her voice to pitch. "How do you...uhm...how do you know what the book is about?"

He could feel his own embarrassment creep up his body, a deep blush of his own matching hers.

Shit.