You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner -You're So Vain by Carly Simon

A knock sounded at my door, and I lept up to answer it. I opened the door to see Bakugo, and I squinted at him, "Um." I would have been less surprised to see Santa Claus. I nervously shifted, "What are you doing here?"

"Hey." He pushed open the door, looking over my room with a critical eye. I blushed as he found me again, "Get dressed and come downstairs."

"What? Why?"

He smiled then, a rare non-creepy grin, "I assume you have warmer clothes that are less pajamas like and not your uniform. And I know about your little date thing. I asked Mina, she said you were free. Will you go out with me, Uraraka?"

I was so tempted to ask him to explain it again, since I was positive I'd heard wrong. "Sure, yeah. I'll meet you in the common room." I touched the door as he started to swing it closed, "Do I need anything else?"

"I'm going to grab some crap from the fridge." He gave me a half smile, not quite a smirk, "You won't need anything else."

I nodded, and drew the door closed as he poked hands into his pockets and walked back to the elevator. With a mind brimming with strange thoughts, I pulled off my clothes to change.

Bakugo had asked Mina? Mina had agreed, even though after last night's date I begged off for today because I was still tired. I suppose Katsuki being somewhat less than terrifying did take special consideration. But the biggest question is why? Bakugo doesn't do anything without a reason. Even if it's not apparent at the time, later on, it'll bite you in the butt.

Well. This was a date. He wasn't going to stick his hand into my personal space and blow my guts to kingdom come. We were just going out some where, like a pic nic? I grabbed my coat, setting it out before changing into my favorite jeans and a flower-printed henley.

I arrived in the common room, but most of the class was already out doing their thing for the day. Private workout, work study, just plain study... Midoriya was sitting in front of the tv, a dumbbell in one hand as he watched me walk out. I glanced at him, and he frowned, and turned his gaze to Bakugo, who was standing, his left hand idly keeping time on his thigh. His right hand held what looked like two bento boxes in a skull printed sling.

"Ready?" Bakugo's hand reached up to scratch his ear, an old nervous gesture I'd picked up on during the Sports Festival. He hadn't been as all-over confident as he'd seemed. Then or now.

"Yeah." I glanced out the window at the sun creeping over the other dorms and the school itself, "Let's go."

...At a locked gate in a shrine downtown

"It's closed."

Katsuki laughed, "It better be or it's no fun. Our quirks are specially suited to breaking and entering."

I stared at him and my adrenaline spiked, "We're heroes," I hissed, "We can't use our quirks in public! For crime!"

He nearly doubled over in quiet laughter, "I'm that good." He indicated the gate, "If you just float us over?"

I looked around, "Bakugo..?"

"Yeah?"

"You've done this before?"

"Yeah." His laughter subsided, but the smile remained, "Of course. Never been caught, and your quirk is quiet. Let's go."

"Heh," I let out a nervous chuckle, but it nearly choked me, "O-okay." I reached out, "Don't hit me, I have to touch you."

"It's a date." He cut his eyes, "If you don't touch me, I'll be disappointed."

I nodded, "Where? You're wearing a coat."

His eyes lit as he came close, "Where ever you need to," he purred and my heart thudded like a base drum. "Just frakkin' hurry up."

I sucked in a breath. Here goes nothing. I pressed five fingers into his cheek, holding them until his gravity negated, and he began to float. My god. He's so warm. Like abnormally warm. Was that the first time I'd ever touched him? My hands were shaking when I pressed fingers into my neck.

"Grab the gate and get over. I'll follow and then drop us." I kicked off the ground as Katsuki grabbed the gate and swung his body over the obstacle. I followed, and he swallowed hard. Yeah, this floating thing isn't for everyone.

"Sorry, weightlessness is weird." I stapled my fingers, and we dropped to the ground, me in a crouch, him like he was getting out of a luxury car. "Now what?"

He looked around, pointing to a cluster of ornamental trees and the temple grounds behind them, "Over there. Come on."

He sprinted to the thin cover of autumn bare trees, and I sped at his heels. We burst though the tree trunks, and I stopped dead, my eyes widening. The temple grounds were decorated. Tents, booths and games were set up, but it was empty.

"What's this?"

Katsuki smirked, a small snort erupting before he answered, "Every year around this time, this shrine puts on a viewing of the Autumn foliage." He gestured, and I lifted my eyes to the towering ginko trees and wide maples. An explosion of yellow and red with flourishes of orange, and I caught my breath. This was stunning.

"I thought I'd take you to the early admission."

I nodded, my adrenaline finally low enough to contemplate that we'd just broken into a shrine to look at trees. He was right. The breaking and entering did add a monster dash of spice to a date that I would have thought too tame for the explosions master.

We walked the grounds, and Katsuki was obviously familiar with them. I figured he would be, since Izuku had mentioned that they'd grown up here. He picked up a bright yellow leaf, passing it to me while he talked about the ancient trees. I knew about them, of course, they're practically a national treasure, but Katsuki... seemed a different person.

"I used to play under trees like these." He lay a hand on a trunk, "They're not quite as old, of course, but still..." He bent, unpacking the bento, "Anyway."

"Thanks, Bakugo-kun." I stuck the leaf I'd been twirling in my fingers behind my ear, "Really. Thank you for sharing this with me. It's really beautiful."

He blushed slightly, "I hope you like omelette."

"I do." I laughed suddenly, "It seems all I ever eat that you've made features eggs."

His blush brightened, "Well, they're good. And you can do about a billion things with an egg." He handed me a box, sitting on the carpet of gold. "Just eat. It's freezing."

I couldn't argue that. Though the sun was out, picking the golden wheat tones in his hair and glinting in his eyes, it was still chilly. I flipped open the box, and pressed my hands together, "Itadakimasu."

Later...

"So, we're back." I let the sounds of student life on the weekend flow around me.

The sun was high as we stood in the commons before Alliance Heights. I'd had a great date, my second favorite so far, and I'd be a liar if I said I hadn't had a bit of a crush on Katsuki. Garbage attitude and everything, he was the kind of guy I admired, although Midoriya had the kind of personality I liked more. Or did I? Was I falling for the bad-guy routine? Did he want a good girl?

"Ochaco-chan." He searched my eyes as I blushed at the sudden endearment.

A knuckle pressed under my chin, gentle pressure lifting my face to his. Fire-souled eyes were shuttered, unblinking as he held my gaze hostage. His lips, softened for a moment then curled into a grin that turned downright predatory. My lips parted as he lifted my chin.

He leaned forward, and my heart slammed into my throat. Finally, a real kiss! And he had been so perfect, beautiful and just nervous enough to make my insides squirm with butterflies.

His nose skimmed my cheek, his breath curling past my ear as he angled his mouth over the shell, "This was textbook." He nuzzled my hair as I started to tremble, "I didn't realize you were so pathetic, Ochaco-chan." He roughly bumped my shoulder as he walked away, his hands buried in his pockets.

I stood, petrified with embarrassment. My entire body flashed hot with anger even as my eyes betrayed me with tears. They rolled down my cheeks as I tried to catch my breath. I felt myself turn ever so slowly to watch him going back to the dorms. I wished for the first time, even with every other time he'd been mean or nasty, that Katsuki Bakugo would fall off the planet and disappear.

Suddenly, my anger burned though my tears and I started running to catch him up, to give him a piece of my mind. How dare he! "Bakugo!"

He didn't even bother to turn and smirk at me as he opened the doors to Alliance Heights. Well. He wanted more people to be part of this? That would work for me. I stormed in after him, pulling the heavy door open with a wild slam. Since it was Saturday afternoon, most of the class was down in the common room now, and they all turned toward the sound.

"Stop right there, you ass!" I shouted, and Katsuki stilled, turning hard eyes on me, his very hair seemed to be twitching in fury. "How dare you! If you didn't want to do this, you didn't have to. You used me. You used me, and that was cruel, you bastard!" I couldn't help the burning tears as I bared my teeth at him, "Are you happy now? Is this what you wanted?"

"Get over yourself. This stupid teenage bullshit. I want to be a HERO. Not some simpleton with love on the brain." He scanned the room, picking out the people who'd been in my company, "You'd all do well to follow my example." He shifted his feet and resumed his measured pace though the common room, a heavy silence broken only by my broken sobs following him out.

AN/ Although this turned out the way I wanted it, it nearly broke my heart. Go ahead and leave hugs! LOL Anyway, thanks Dreams for your assistance! Next: Who is tough enough to stand up to Bakugo's bullying?