Chapter 23

Bakugou slowly started to wake up from his deep sleep. He cracked an eye open to glance behind him to check the time and was happy when he realized he had plenty of time to lay in bed before needing to get up. The practical exam was today, and he was soaking up as much rest as he could. The 3 days of written exams were rough on everyone.

He turned back over to put his nose in Miwako's hair. Bakugou stayed basking up her warmth in bed for a few more seconds when he felt something wet on his pants. He moved backward slightly and lifted the blankets to see what it was.

His breath got caught in his throat as he saw blood. He already put two and two together as he pulled the blanket away from them both. He had a mother that already gave him the talk before Aizawa but he really hammered everything in.

He started to shake her awake gently. "Hey, you need to wake up. Come on whiskers, let's get you to the bathroom so you can clean up. I'll grab your clothes."

All that came out of the sleeping blonde's mouth was a groan and mumble. "Five more minutes."

"No, you're bleeding, wake up."

The prospect of bleeding woke her up immediately. "What do you mean I'm bleeding? Where?" She sat up fully and gave her body a once-over before noticing the wet feeling of her pants.

She was confused seeing blood that seemingly came out of her vagina. "What's happening?" Miwako tried to move, but then a sharp pain raced across her lower stomach and back. It made her hunch over and put her hand over her stomach "What the fuck. Katsuki what the hell is going on?"

"Relax, it's your period, Aizawa told you about it during our talk from hell, remember." He was sure that she was confused from just waking up.

"Oh right." She looked down at the mess she made. "I'm sorry about your sheets."

"Forget about the fuckin' sheets, come on. Let's get you in the shower." He said, holding out a hand to help her out of bed. She nodded, but when she went to move a sharp pain raced across her stomach causing her to flinch. He bent down and hooked his arms under her, one under her knees the other around her back, and brought her to the bathroom.

He closed the door on his way out and a thought struck him as he gathered his sheets to toss them into the washer. He walked to the kitchen. "Old hag, whiskers just got her period and she doesn't have shit to deal with it." He said.

Mitsuki turned to him with furrowed brows and her eyes zeroed in on the bloodstain on his thigh. "Does she use tampons or pads, what flow?"

He shrugged. "Fuck should I know, this is her first period."

That shocked her. Most kids normally get it around the age of 12, Miwako was definitely a late bloomer. She took it in stride however and went to grab all the products she had on hand. The water cut off just as she made it to the bathroom door. She knocked before talking through it. "Miwako dear, I have some stuff to help you catch the blood. Can I come in?"

She heard a soft yes and cracked the door slightly, only enough for her to slip through before closing it back behind her. Miwako was sitting on the toilet with only a towel wrapped around her. "Hey kiddo, Katsuki told me this was your first time and you didn't have any pads or tampons, is that right?"

Miwako nodded. "Yeah, I only just found out about all this from my godfather a few days ago. I'm a little lost on what to do if I'm being honest."

"That's alright sweetie, that's what I'm here for. You can always come to me for more womanly stuff if it makes you more comfortable than talking with him." She held up the products she grabbed from her own room. "So these are some products that we use to catch the blood. There are plenty of options so you are free to look online and do more research on the brands and types. I have disposable tampons and pads here."

"Which one should I choose?"

"Well, in my opinion, tampons are a lot more comfortable, I can't even tell they're there. Since they go inside, there isn't much of an odor problem with them as opposed to pads which are not very comfortable to me. I keep pads on hand though because some days my flow is so heavy that I need something to catch all the blood better without having to size up on my tampon." Mitsuki explained. "The letter right here 'R' stands for regular as in regular flow. A majority of people use this size but there are others you just need to experiment a little."

Miwkao nodded as she listened closely. The choice was already made for her even though the prospect of placing something inside her was scary, she needed to be able to fight during her practical. Mitsuki gave her the tampon and walked out the door for her to insert it.

Miwako held the tampon in her hand as she sat on the toilet. She bent over with the tampon in hand to try and find the opening. "Mitsuki! I can't find the hole!"

She was glad it was Bakugou's mom standing outside the door. If this happened when Miwako was at home with All Might she doubted he would be much help. An image of him fainting flashed through her mind and she snickered.

"Just breathe sweetie and don't worry about it. Give me a second to grab you a hand mirror so you can see down there." The sound of faint footsteps echoed until Mitsuki was finally back.

The hand mirror slid underneath the door and Miwako had to stretch to try and grab it. She positioned the mirror to be able to see her vagina more clearly, but the bush of hair was making it difficult. Was this why girls talk about shaving down here?

Miwako was finally able to put the tampon in and got up to wash her hands before exiting the bathroom. Mitsuki was standing there with a proud look on her face. "Were you able to do it?"

She nodded and suddenly found herself in a bear hug. "You're a woman now! Oh if you have any more questions or concerns about this stuff feel free to come to me ok?"

Miwako honestly felt like a child again and decided to just soak up the motherly warmth Mitsuki gave off. Even though she had Tsunade baa-chan in her previous life, she was too busy as Hokage to spend a lot of time with her.

Miwako and Bakugou started their walk to school, but the cramps were making it almost impossible. He had painkillers in his bag but they didn't do anything to help as her cramps persisted.

By the fifth time she had to use a lamppost to lean against, Bakugou swung her onto his back so they wouldn't be late for school. Once they made it onto the train he put her back down on her feet and stabilized her. He held onto the pole with his right hand while his left wrapped around her waist.

Tears pooled in her eyes as she moved her hands put protectively over her stomach. "Katsuki it hurts." She didn't understand how period cramps could make her cry when she doesn't flinch at being stabbed.

Bakugou looked down at her pathetically trying to resist the urge to curl into a fetal position. He sighed as he adjusted his hold on her to move his hand under her button-down shirt and heated his hand slightly.

He caressed her stomach with his thumb as he tried to make Miwako feel better. "Is this better?"

Miwako let out a small sigh when she felt his hand heat up and snuggled deeper into his side. "Yeah"

They stayed in that position until they reached their stop and Bakugou continued to carry her. As embarrassing as it is to have to be carried, she was in too much pain to even care or complain at this point.

When they made it to class everyone was confused at the scene. Jaws collectively fell to the floor as he proceeded to place her on his lap when he sat down and moved his hand under her shirt.

Ida would not stand for the lack of propriety. "BAKUGOU! UZUMAKI! THERE SHOULD BE NO PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION AT SCHOOL! THIS IS HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE! I MUST INSIST YOU BOTH-"

Miwako promptly burst into tears. She had no idea why and she could tell Bakugou was shocked at this turn of events, but being yelled at hurt her feelings. "I-I'm s–s-sorry Ida." She hiccupped and tried to slide off Bakugou's lap but his hands latched onto her waist.

Bakugou was not amused and kept her from being able to move. He glared at Ida and growled at him "Shut the fuck up four eyes. No one asked for your damn opinion. She is staying right the fuck here."

His eyes softened when he turned back to a crying Miwako. "Tch, whatcha cryin' about whiskers." Bakugou used his free hand to wipe her tears away. "Don't let what that extra said get to you. I put you on my lap and I expect you to stay here got it?"

Miwako tucked her face into the crook of Bakugou's neck with his shirt clenched in her hands. The natural caramel smell he gives off calms her. Lighting struck the whole class as he placed a kiss on her head.

It instantly clicked in every female's head what was going on with Miwako, while the rest of the class was completely in the dark. The crying just confirmed it for the girls. Mina walked toward the two, deciding to ignore Bakugou's death glare.

"Miwa, is it that time of the month?" Mina soothingly rubbed her back as she asked Miwako.

With her face still tucked into Bakugou's neck, Miwako confirmed her suspicions.

It was at this time that Mr. Aizawa walked, or more accurately, crawled into the room. He narrowed his eyes on one of his favorite students on the lap of a boy. Aizawa's hair started rising when he noticed said boy's hand underneath Miwako's shirt."Just what is going on here? Bakugou remove your hand from under Miwako's shirt this instant. Miwako please take a seat at your own desk." Aizawa paled when he saw the tears in his surrogate daughter's eyes. What the hell made her cry?

Miwako was about to start crying once again when Bakugou forced her face back to its original position. Mina walked to Mr. Aizawa and whispered what was going on in his ear. Aizawa instantly turned away and lifted his hand to cough slightly into it. He willed the blush threatening to go up to his neck down and decided to ignore them entirely. Yes, this is the most rational solution.

He proceeded to go through the agenda for the day and how practical was going to be given. Bakugou carried her to where they needed to go and had Kirishima grab their suits. Aizawa pulled his phone out to let All Might know about the new development with Miwako. He responded almost immediately, freaking out about how he was going to talk to her about it.

Aizawa, you have to help me!

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He wasn't paid enough for this.

Miwako miserably shuffled into the girls' locker room to change as they crowded around her for support. "Is it supposed to hurt this much?" She asked them.

Momo stepped forward to rub Miwako's back and answered her. "The pain is different for everyone and during this time your hormones are fluctuating. Is this the first time it's been painful?"

"More like this is the first time period…pun not intended"

"What!"

"Seriously?"

The girls were all astonished, they already had their periods several years ago. They felt a spike of sympathy hit them all when they realized that Miwako would have to take her practical during her first period.

"Wait a second, when did you and Bakugou start dating?" Mina asked and all the girls focused on her answer. They never noticed any shift in their relationship this entire time.

"During the internships."

"That long ago?" Mina whined, "But it's like nothing changed between you two though."

Miwako just shrugged, "We didn't need to change how we acted. We're perfect the way we are. Don't get me wrong, he is more affectionate when it's just the two of us though. He took me to the aquarium on our first date last week."

She pulled out her phone to show the photos they took that day and showed the girls. They squealed at how cute they looked. "Oh my god the first couple of class 1A, I'm honestly not even surprised it's the two of you." Mina said dreamily.

Once Miwako finished dressing she shuffled her way out of the locker room to try and find Bakugou as quickly as possible. Luckily for her, he was already waiting outside the door for her and picked her up right as she walked out

Bakugou kept one of his arms free of his gloves and gauntlet to be her personal heater again. He sat down on the floor with his back to the wall to stabilize him and placed his hand back on her stomach.

He listened as the teachers were explaining what the second part of their finals would entail. His eyes widened when it was announced that Midoriya would be on the same team as him. He spiraled further when All Might was declared to be their opponent.

Bakugou ground his teeth as his muscles tensed in anger. He snapped out of his fury when a hand ran through his hair. He pulled his hateful gaze away from Midoriya and glanced down at her bright blue eyes.

He could feel the tension immediately leave his body as Miwako continued to use her nails to lightly scratch his scalp. "You understand why they put you and Izuku together, right?" Miwako asked.

Bakugou did know. He had no doubts that if they hadn't gone through so many anger management lessons and he hadn't spent so much time asking her about her past he would be boiling over in blind fury. Although that didn't mean he wasn't still annoyed. "It's fucking teamwork, isn't it"

He groaned when Miwako confirmed his theory. She knew he didn't like working with others, but he was starting to see that that was improbable in their line of work. Miwako was happy to see the progress Bakugou was slowly making. A few weeks ago he would be on a warpath and absolutely refusing to work with Izuku. She dares say that he would've rather failed the exam than admit he needed help.

However, he was really starting to grow as a person and she couldn't be more proud of him. She finally started to pay attention when her name was called. Principal Nezu started to explain that she was chosen to fight alone. "You will not be fighting a teacher today, but instead will be fighting the number 3 pro hero, Hawks." Red feathers started to rain down on the class. Everyone looked up and there he was, flying above the class. "Hey Kids!"

He landed directly in front of Miwako and she was instantly on guard. His gaze wasn't as nice as he was trying to make it seem. Her opponent not being a teacher was raising red flags to her. "So you must be Miwako huh? Nice to meet you baby bird! I'm Hawks."

Miwako didn't care to hide her distrust or her disinterest from him. "Hi."

Hawks didn't like that she wasn't giving more of a reaction to him so he stepped closer and bent down to her level. He didn't miss the way the one holding her pulled her closer and glared at him. Ahh, puppy love. "What's with the unenthusiastic greeting chicklet? Not excited to fight me?"

Miwako subtly sniffed the air now that he was closer to get an idea of who he was. His scent was also all over the place, but the most predominant one was sadness "Why should I be fawning over a complete stranger?"

Hawks stood back up with his hands in the air. "Alright, fair enough." He left to go talk to his old intern and catch up. Miwako turned back towards Bakugou and whispered in his ear while keeping an eye on Hawks. "I don't trust him."

"Know anything about him?"

"That's the problem, I don't know anything about the guy. You can normally find a hero's true name somewhere, like old-school videos before their debut, but there is nothing about him. His emotions are strange though, he was depressed and stressed beyond belief." Miwako pulled out her phone to text All Might to see why she didn't get to fight a teacher.

She scowled when his reply finally came through on her phone. The fucking commission meddled and made Hawks her opponent. First, they place a stalker on her and now they want to test her abilities. They really don't know how to mind their own business.

Dropping 3 chapters at once lets GOOOOOO! Ok on a serious note this isn't going to become a regular thing. For any long time readers the first 2 chapters are very similar to the original and I felt like I was cheating you guys out of a new chapter.