A/N: Busted my butt doing the drawing for this chapter. [9/24/2021 EDIT]: Now the chapter has two drawings :3

I'm telling you guys now, at the time of writing this note, I have written up to chapter 91. The plot after the provisional license exam is heavily romance-focused, and takes up about 20 or so chapters. If you really like Bakutomi, uhh...

...I suppose you'll really enjoy the original story content that's planned after the license exam.

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All the training for the license exam had exhausted everyone, and as a breather, Mina had suggested for the Bakusquad to watch a movie together as a way to unwind. She'd recently gotten a movie for super cheap, and thus, she, Sero, Kaminari, and Kirishima were in the common room area, waiting for Hitomi to come back with snacks. Even Bakugou was there, although it took a lot of pestering from both Kirishima and Kaminari until he finally gave in.

Mina, Sero, Kaminari, and Kirishima were all especially chatty, having gone through a whole pack of soda Kaminari had shared an hour or two ago that they were practically buzzing with energy.

"So? What are we watching?" Hitomi asked as she entered the common area, her arms full of junk food. She dropped them onto the coffee table as she took the last open seat next to Bakugou, grabbing a pillow.

Mina giggled a bit before she showed the group her movie, which depicted a couple in a speeding car. "Ta-da! It's a spy movie, with a lot of action and a dash of romance!"

"Is this because you didn't get to talk about love a few days ago?" Hitomi quipped as the boys save for Bakugou made a beeline for the snacks.

Mina turned away from her, taking the disc out of the case to put into the DVD player. "I don't know what you're talking about!" she singsonged.

"Uh huh…"

"Romance…?" Bakugou muttered next to Hitomi. "Forget it. I'm gonna go to bed."

"Hey, wait!" Mina protested as the disc loaded. "I specifically got one that had a lot of action so you guys would watch! Come oooonnn…!"

"You're already here, Bakugou…" Hitomi pointed out. "Why leave? Too embarrassed to see people in love and kissing and stuff?" she teased.

He glared at her for a second before he settled back into his seat, crossing his arms. "Like hell I am!"

Hitomi leaned back, satisfied with herself. A can of soda was thrust in her direction, making her stare at it for a moment. "Want some?" Sero asked. "We saved one for you in case you wanted any!"

The bluenette shook her head, her hair waving around. "Oh, no thank you. It's almost 9:30, I'm not having any soda this late. I won't have any of the snacks either, so you guys can just go nuts."

"Awesome!" Kaminari exclaimed, grabbing more snacks as the movie finally started playing. Mina took her place on the couch next to Sero, lying down on her stomach as the company logos appeared while Kaminari and Kirishima ate their snacks from their place on the floor.

Within half an hour, they had conked out, crashing from the sugar high caused by the sodas.

"Well, that sure was quick…" Hitomi said as she observed their sleeping forms. They were sleeping quite soundly, despite the loud sound effects coming from the movie. "Wanna turn it off?" she asked the blonde next to her.

"Fuck no. I wanna see if they die or not."

"Invested already?" the girl asked as she rose a brow. "Thought you didn't want to see romance."

"...Shut up. I just wanna see if the villains will get them or not."

"Suuure…" Hitomi smiled, hugging her pillow.

"Don't go there!" Hitomi whisper-shouted as she watched the car turn into an alley only to find it was a dead end.

Watching the movie with Bakugou was surprisingly entertaining, as they both ended up yelling at the TV for the dumb actions the characters took. Seeing Bakugou get increasingly annoyed with how stupid the characters were was hilarious, as he'd facepalm or groan every time the protagonists would get cornered by the villains.

They'd been watching for at least an hour, and despite the sound effects and Bakugou and Hitomi's yelling, the others were still out cold.

"Fucking hell…" Bakugou muttered as he cradled his face in his hand. He was still watching the movie through his fingers, as if mesmerized. "They're so fucking stupid…"

They watched as the car tried to back out of the alleyway, only for other cars to corner it there.

"Don't you dare get out of the car," Hitomi whispered. She groaned as the protagonists stepped out of their car, their hands up in surrender as the villains surrounded them with weapons. "They're so dead…"

Out of nowhere, the villains dropped unconscious one by one as a new character dropped onto the roof of the protagonists' car, revealing themselves to be one of the other antagonists that the main characters had evaded in the first half of the movie.

"I'm here to help you," they said.

"Bullshit!" Bakugou yelled. "That's out of nowhere! And he's supposed to be fucking dead!"

"Oh my god, this movie is so bad…" Hitomi laughed. "How did Mina even get her hands on this movie…?"

"She was ripped off, that's what."

"Wanna turn it off yet?"

"Don't even think about it. I've wasted an hour and a half watching this garbage, and I'm fucking finishing it. If they're somehow still alive by the end of this, I'm throwing the movie in the trash compactor."

"That stubborn, huh...?"

30 minutes later…

Hitomi was clutching her pillow as she watched the car chase, whispering to herself for the characters' victory. She tensed when she felt a weight on her shoulder, turning her head to see Bakugou had fallen asleep.

On her shoulder.

It made sense, as Bakugou liked to sleep early and it was probably way past his bedtime now.

But now she couldn't move. If he woke up, he'd get angry for being disturbed, and she did not want to deal with a grumpy Bakugou at 11:30 at night.

I'll just live with it.

Hitomi was about to turn back to watch the movie before she stared at Bakugou's face a little longer, noticing the serene look on his face.

The soft light of the movie seemed to hit his face in all the right angles, and paired with his peaceful expression, he almost looked kind of… cute.

What the fuck.

Hitomi swiftly turned her head to face the TV screen, feeling her face burn along with an odd fluttering in her chest.

I did not just think that about Bakugou.

She side-eyed him for a second before looking away again, feeling her face heat up even more.

This is not a repeat of the ferris wheel.

It's Bakugou, with his stupid face.

His stupid, stupid, cute face-

...

...Fuck off, Hitomi.

Hitomi tried to ignore the odd feeling in her chest as she directed her attention to the movie, clutching her pillow tighter. The weight on her shoulder did not help in her quest for ignorance.

Within half an hour, it looked like Bakugou would be throwing Mina's movie in the trash compactor tomorrow morning.

A/N: I really hope Bakugou was in character for this chapter.