Chapter 3 is here; I hope you enjoy
Chapter 3
The first day. The official first day of his time at UA. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves as he turned off his alarm and practically jumped out of bed. It was still dark outside, the sun only just starting to rise as he pulled on his running gear and left his room. The rest of the dorm was quiet as he made his way downstairs. He did some stretches to warm up as he sipped a glass of water, then he was out the door on his morning run.
Bakugou had started his morning runs when he was only 9, wanting to build up his fitness and endurance. They were part of his everyday routine now and it felt odd to start the day without a run. The new terrain provided a challenge, and he knew it would take him a while to map the place out and work out the best areas to run, for now though he was enjoying the quiet and the chance to see more of the place that will be his home for the next three years.
He made it back to the dorm red faced and sweaty just as other people were starting to come downstairs for breakfast. He glanced around but didn't see Shinsou anywhere, someone else called his name though.
"Bakugou!" He looked around to find Kaminari sitting on the lounge with Kirishima and Todoroki.
Bakugou puffed slightly as he walked over to them, trying to catch his breath.
"Where have you been?" Kaminari asked, his brow furrowed in confusion.
"Morning run" Bakugou said, in a tone that clearly questioned Kaminari's intelligence.
"You've already been up and out for a run? It's so early."
"I run pretty much every day, helps keep me fit" Bakugou said with a shrug of his shoulders.
Kaminari looked like he couldn't quite understand what was happening.
"That's cool, man" Kirishima said. "Kinda like how I go to the gym most days."
Bakugou nodded in agreement. "I go to the gym most days as well, might see you down there."
"Yeah, I can spot you if you like?" Kirishima smiled.
"Sounds great" Bakugou said, wiping the sweat from his forehead, turning as Midoriya joined the group with a gaggle of his followers.
"I better go and have a shower and get ready for class, don't want to be late on my first day!"
"It's only 6:30!" Kaminari cried out to his retreating back.
Bakugou wandered back downstairs a while later, washed and ready for the day. He found Shinsou in the kitchen looking tired. Bakugou was beginning to think that was just the other teens face.
"Excited for our first day?" Bakugou asked and Shinsou gave a weary nod.
"Do you feel like some fruit salad for breakfast?" Bakugou asked, already pulling things out of the fridge.
Shinsou made an effort to straighten himself and appear more awake.
"Oh, you don't have to do that."
"It's no trouble" Bakugou said, making an effort to speak quietly as he didn't think the other teen would appreciate loud at the moment.
He quickly began chopping up a variety of fruits and put them into two bowls, he finished with a dollop of yogurt and a sprinkle of muesli on top. He handed the second bowl to Shinsou, getting a mumbled thanks before wandering into the lounge room and taking a seat.
The whole room buzzed with nervous energy and Bakugou made a mental note to head off a little early to class. Shinsou sat down beside him, digging into his fruit salad and looking slightly more awake, Bakugou had to bite his lip to keep from smiling.
He left Shinsou to his breakfast and went to the kitchen to whip up two quick bento boxes for lunch, they were nothing flash and he made a mental note to grab some more ingredients after lessons had finished that day. When Shinsou walked in to wash up his bowl, Bakugou thrust the lunch at him, he was feeling self-conscious, but he had told Shinsou that he was happy to make some food for him and he thought the lunch would be nice for their first day.
"Is this for me?" Shinsou asked blankly and Bakugou scoffed.
"Course it fuckin is, said I'd make you lunch, didn't I? If you don't fuckin want it just chuck it in the fridge, I'll eat it later."
"No, no I want it" Shinsou said quickly, a small smile breaking out on his face. "This is very kind of you, thank you."
Bakugou just grunted in reply, but secretly he was glad to do something nice for his new friend on their first day.
"I'm going to head to class now, if you want to come with?" Bakugou asked and Shinsou nodded, "just let me grab my stuff."
The purple hair teen ducked out of the room and was back a few minutes later carrying his bag, "let's go."
The common area was mostly empty when they left, people upstairs busy getting ready, so Bakugou didn't have to worry about getting stuck in conversation and being late to class. He and Shinsou walked to class together in silence, but it wasn't an awkward silence, it was nice.
They walked into class to find a man looking nearly as tired as Shinsou. Eraser Head his mind screamed in excitement, but on the outside, he tried to appear calm and unaffected. It didn't last long.
"My dad" Shinsou murmured as the man looked up and greeted them.
"Eraser Head is your dad!" Bakugou crowed. "Ooh have you been practising with his capture weapon seeing as how you have a completely mental quirk as well?"
Shinsou blinked, surprised how unsurprised he was that Bakugou knew all about his dad.
"Hitoshi, would you like to introduce me to your new friend?" Aizawa said with a small smirk.
Shinsou scowled, Aizawa already knew all about his new friend, he'd told him everything yesterday, but Bakugou had already grabbed his arm and was dragging him over.
"Bakugou Katsuki" the blonde said with a bow when they stopped in front of their new sensei. "I would love to come and watch you and Shinsou train sometime, if that's ok? I've watched videos of you of course, your quirk is amazing and it's so clever of you to have supplicated your quirk with a capture weapon, I'd love to see it all firsthand."
Aizawa cast a look at Shinsou and only experience with the man let the purple hair teen know that he was amused.
"Of course, you may join us any time you wish. Just have Hitoshi bring you."
Bakugou pumped his fist excitedly, he then realised what he was doing and stopped, cheeks pinking a little in embarrassment.
Shinsou laughed and Aizawa stared at his son in open surprise for a moment, before Bakugou gave the purple haired teen a playful shove.
"Oi, who you laughing at fuckhead?" which only cause Shinsou to laugh harder.
They both stopped as other people started to filter into the room. Aizawa pulled a list off his desk, before pointing out their assigned seats. They both shuffled off as other students began approaching Aizawa.
Bakugou sat quietly and watched the other students trickle into the room, he got a few waves from students that he'd spoken to before though most people were quiet, nervous on their first day. Bakugou got out his notebook and prepared to take notes. The lesson as it turned out was more of an introduction to UA, rules expectations, information on other classes and training. Bakugou still took diligent notes.
He walked with Shinsou to the food hall after the lesson, chatting about what they had learnt. Bakugou took out his lunch, blushing slightly as Shinsou took out the lunch he'd prepared for him.
Before they could start eating though, a group of people sat down at their table. Bakugou looked over to find Midoriya, Kirishima, Todoroki, Ashido and Kaminari all sitting down at their table, several more tired to join them but there was simply no more room left.
Bakugou bit back a groan at the unexpected company, be nice, he told himself.
"What did we all think of our first class?" Ashido asked from further down the table.
"Aizawa sensei, seems very knowledgeable" Kirishima said, "and a bit of a hard arse" Kaminari laughed.
Bakugou glanced at Shinsou, but the other teen didn't say anything about the others relationship, so Bakugou kept his mouth shut as well.
"I'm sure you won't have any problems as long as you work hard" Todoroki said.
"Exactly," Bakugou spoke up. "He just wants us to give our absolute best, as long as you do that you won't have a prob-"
Bakugou was interrupted as someone rudely bumped into him from behind, causing the small teen to lurch forward and bump himself on the table. He spun around, eyes blazing in fury to find some guy holding out a piece of paper to Midoriya.
"Oi! Watch what you're doing fuckhead" Bakugou shouted, causing the other teen who hadn't even noticed him, to jump in surprise.
"Are you alright?" Midoriya asked with a frown, running his hand over Bakugou's back as though checking him for injury.
"I'm fine" he growled, "it's just rude."
Midoriya reached out for the piece of paper, signing it quickly. "Please be careful of the people around me next time."
The other teen nodded furiously, looking starstruck as Midoriya handed the paper back.
"Of course, of course" the teen stammered as he started to back away, "you are so kind, Midoriya."
"It's just common decency" Bakugou shouted at the retreating figure, who quickly turned and fled at Bakugou's look.
"Sorry about that" Midoriya said with a smug smirk back in place, "my fans can be a bit overzealous."
Bakugou just rolled his eyes, "when I get the autograph of someone I admire, I try not to physically harm the people around them in the process."
"I could give you my autograph if you like, no need for anyone to get hurt in the process" Midoriya said with a sly look at the smaller teen.
Bakugou just laughed brightly, "save the autographs for your fans, you seem to have a lot of them."
Midoriya frowned, "but you're not one of them?" he asked perplexed.
Bakugou shrugged, "I actually haven't followed you too much, don't really know anything about you except that you inherited one for all and have been training with All Might. I mean training with All Might would be interesting" his eyes lighting as though he'd just thought of that. "I'd love to hear about it sometime."
"Ah, sure" Midoriya said, seemingly confused.
Todoroki and Kirishima were snickering further down the table, but Bakugou ignored them and with a nod went back to his food.
"This is delicious" Shinsou murmured quietly and Bakugou looked pleased.
"That's nothing, if you tell me what you like I can make some of your favourites as well."
"Did you make Shinsou's lunch, Bakugou?" Kirishima interrupted, looking over at the carefully prepared bento.
"Of fucking course, did you think we were going to eat the shit they serve here?"
"Bakugou doesn't think the quality is good enough."
"Not for eating every day, it isn't" Bakugou said, starting to list all the ways that his lunch was more nutritious.
"Wow, that is so manly of you" Kirishima said with a smile, "that all looks delicious."
He was on the verge of offering to make lunch for them all the next day, but he held back, that would probably be one of those over the top, too much, things that 'friends' had said about him in the past. So, he bit his tongue and continued eating.
"I'm surprised you have time for cooking, what with your commitment to becoming the number 1 hero" Midoriya said from his place beside him.
Bakugou knew the other was teasing him, "eating healthy is part of becoming the number 1 hero, idiot. Do you think I'm at my best if I eat unhealthy shit all the time? Nope."
"I wouldn't know, I'm always at my best" Midoriya said with a smirk and Bakugou rolled his eyes so hard he's surprised he didn't hurt himself.
"Just imagine how much better you'd be if you gave your body the fuel it needs" Bakugou argued.
Before Midoriya could respond, he was bumped again, though this time not as hard, by a group of people crowding around Midoriya and trying to get his autograph.
Bakugou let out a sigh, this was too much. He shot a look to Shinsou, who nodded in agreement. They packed what was left of their lunch away and stood up from the table. Calling a quick goodbye, that was probably missed over the sound of the people who had gathered at their table, they walked off.