Chapter 5 - Leave it up to me to fuck it up without a good reason
Katsuki Bakugo stood with his hands in his jacket pockets in the resting area outside the café inside the shopping mall. Wondering how he ended up agreeing to a day out with not only his friends, Round face and her friends but Izuku as well.
Shitty Hair had called him this morning out of the blue during his morning run to invite him to hang out. Initially he refused not wanting to make a habit of hanging out with extras who would ask too many questions. Luckily everyone was distracted with trying to direct Izuku here while on the phone. He was the last to arrive as he got lost on the subway. Bakugo felt the corner of his frown twitch upwards while imagining the boy lost in thought then becoming a frantic rush around once he missed his stop. He then reminded himself that maybe it would be better to not be around Izuku too much. He had agreed spontaneously when he heard that Izuku would be here.
"Oh there he is, IZUKU!" Round face shouted at the top of her lungs garnering some looks from the crowd of Saturday shoppers. Izuku blushed from the stares of the people passing by. His now red face was a contrast to his green hair and forest green baseball jacket. It really suited him. At this thought Bakugo looked away attempting to distract himself from any further imagination involving Izuku. His eyes catch a bright red, yellow and blue sign across from the group. It was a sign for the opening of a new All Might Anime store.
When Izuku spotted the group his eyes fell on Bakugo straight away. He had the usual disinterested frown with his hands in his jacket pockets, pulling off the cool and distant vibe. Bakugo was so handsome that he found it hard not to just stare.
"Hey guys, I'm so sorry I'm late, it was such a maze I couldn't find the right exit either," Izuku rambled apologetically.
"It's ok Izu, we didn't wait long anyway," Ochaku assured him. "Ok now for some shopping, where should we go first?"
Izuku glanced at Bakugo and happened to catch him staring at him. Bakugo's red eyes widened a little in realisation before looking away into the distance with a hint of colour in his cheeks and scowling.
Izuku looked at the ground, somehow he just thought Bakugo looked cute. He resisted smiling from ear to ear because he knew that the blonde would never appreciate being called cute and he didn't want him to leave. But is this really how he should be feeling about the guy who did some terrible things to him? What he did, is it completely unforgivable? Has he really changed? He doesn't get angry much anymore. Does that mean he can repair their friendship? Do I want to?
Bakugo cleared his throat, "There's and All Might Merch store on the second floor."
He had Izuku's full attention in a split second. "Really?" Izuku almost jumped with excitement.
Ochaku and Tsu glanced at each other with a raised eyebrows. As it turns out they knew each other more than Bakugo had let on. "That sounds good, why don't we go there?" Ochaku suggested.
Izuku spun quickly to face Ockaku, "Only if you want to though, it's fine if we don't go." He politely offered once he remembered that they might not be interested in anime.
"It's fine Midorya, it can just be our starting place," Iida assured Izuku with a nod.
As decided by the group their first stop would be the All Might Merch shop. While Izuku and Ochaku lead the way, Bakugo and Kirishima were lagging that the back.
"So you seem to know lots about him, is there a story?" Kirishima asked without looking at Bakugo.
The abrupt question made Bakugo pause breifly before continuing to walk. "We have..." in that moment his mouth went dry trying to find the right word among all the pain. "...history." Bakugo looked at Izuku laughing enough to show dimples, while chatting to Ochaku. He considered going home.
Izuku surveyed the group to check they hadn't lost anyone, everyone was accounted for however, Backugo had a frown and creased forhead. Izuku felt a pang of sympathy, which was a first considering Bakugo usually kept his emotions hidden. it made him curious about why he made that face.
"There it is," Tsu pointed at the next shop decoratend with All Might's signature colours.
While looking around the store Izuku was racing around and looking at everything with triple his usual energy. Everyone had given up keeping up with Izuku's running around, all except Bakugo. He slowly followed him around the store. This meant that when Izuku tried to reach the t-shirt on the top shelf but couldn't reach, Bakugo was reaching for it without hesitation.
Izuku became intensely aware of their height difference as Bakugo stood behind him. After a deep breath Izuku turned around inches from Bakugo.
When Bakugo looked down at the shirt while handing it to Izuku, he noticed that his sleeve had pushed back a bit. Revealling straight scars on his arm and wrist. It was when Bakugo turned pale white that Izuku noticed his sleeve and quickly pulled it down. He grabbed the shirt roughly and headed over to the change rooms to hide.
Bakugo stood frozen in place, the memories from when they last saw each other, coming back like a smack to the face.
