AN: Hey guys sorry about the slight delay I just wanted to make sure this chapter was just right for you since this was one of my favorites and very special to me, so I hope you like it.
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Trying to relax in a comfy chair that had your choice of different levels of massaging while getting your toenails painted shouldn't be this hard and would be bliss for anyone that wasn't Uraraka. Anytime she would glance down at her phone to check for any missed calls or messages made her anxiety grow by the minute.
Raising Kiseki on her own was a choice she'd made and could admit that at times it could be hard since with that decision came a million responsibilities, too little time and not enough sleep. So, she couldn't argue that Bakugo was right again in assuming that perhaps asking for help wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
But taking time for herself hasn't been a thing for a long time…she just hadn't realized how long it was until he basically forced her to take it. Thinking back on it she shouldn't have been surprised that he wouldn't buy into the whole thing the way the others did and found herself silently smiling when she remembered he had to shove her out of her own apartment for it to work. But nonetheless it didn't make the guilt go away or made it any easier, feeling like she was neglecting her child and doubting her decision to leave him.
But this was Bakugo. She had no doubt in her mind that he would have been a wonderful father to their baby if he had known, but still…after checking her phone again she tried to tell herself that the guilt was normal and that what she should be worried about was if her phone was overrun with messages and calls.
So at least that could be a good sign…right?
At least this time she made sure everything and anything was washed and tugged away-far away from anywhere Bakugo might see to avoid any mishap like the last time. Boy was the emberassing…
"Relax Ochaco it's only been half an hour." Jirou commented on the seat next to her, allowing herself to smile after changing the massage setting again.
"And we've still got a whole day of pampering planned!" Yaoyorozu gleefully clapped her hands. "After this, mother booked us an appointment with excellent masseurs!"
"M- masseurs?" she confusingly blinked.
'Keep forgetting how rich she is…' they all thought.
"Isn't this going a little overboard?" Jirou uncomfortably looked around since Yaoyorozu decided it would be best to book the whole nail salon instead as a compromise for not wanting her to go through the trouble of hiring their own private service at her home. Needless to say, she still decided to book the whole salon for the time they were there.
"I agree. We could be doing something better then indulge in something expensive like this." Uraraka worried looked down at her baby pink nail polish.
"Like spying to see what the guys are doing." Mina absently answered as she continued to fiddle with her phone until she realized all eyes were on her. "What? By this point I don't know why you're still surprised at me. And it's not like you all weren't thinking it."
"That's not the point." Yaoyorozu quietly began to apologize to the woman currently massaging her feet. "It would be unethical to spy on our friends and previous classmates."
"Why? We've done worse." Hagakure wickedly giggled after flashes of the boys' horrified gazes raced through her mind when they realized that she was the one responsible for stealing all their clothes from the boy's locker room that day.
"See Hagakure always gets me." Mina approvingly grinned as she tapped away on her phone screen before straightening up.
"Mina…what are you doing?" Uraraka worried asked, recognizing that smile to mean trouble.
"Nothing." Mina half shrugged. "It's just Kiri accepted my friend request."
"Oh, that's very nice of him." Yaoyorozu began to lean back and relax when she realized nothing could go wrong today.
"Friend request accepted…now let the stalking begin…"
"WHAT?!" Whipping their heads sideways they couldn't help but gape when the pink girl innocently blinked back.
"What? He's giving me permission!" she waved around her phone to show them the proof.
"I don't believe that was his intention." Yaoyorozu frowned at her.
"Oh please, like I haven't caught you doing that to Todoroki's." Mina knowingly winked.
"Really?" Uraraka and the others now turned their questioning gazes on her.
"I…" gawking Yaoyorozu slowly began sinking down deeper in her seat with a visible blush.
"I thought you were over him?" Hagakure asked, wondering the same thing as the others.
"I am…but it's Todoroki. No harm in making sure he's doing alright…right?" she sheepishly answered. "As friends."
"It is Todoroki…"
"Yeah…" They all dreamily grinned before shaking their heads to get back to their spa day.
"Hey, do you ever think if people heard our conversations, they'd lock us up?" Hagakure suddenly asked.
"All the time." Mina dramatically raised her hands.
"Definitely."
"No doubt."
"As much as I hate to agree…" Yaoyorozu defeatedly slouched her shoulders unaware that the people currently pampering them silently nodding their heads in agreement.
"But you know…I still find it strange that Bakugo offered to watch the little cutie." Mina thoughtfully hummed as she tapped the end of her phone to her chin. "I mean…when have you ever heard of Bakugo doing something selfless like that?"
"Lately?" Jirou asked as they began to think about it.
"Guys, you may not think this about him, but he has a good heart and is a good person." Uraraka frowned. "He may surprise you."
"We're not saying he's not." Jirou replied. "Just haven't seen him go out of his way like that for anyone."
"I have, and I can tell you that deep down he's not as bad as he seems." When she saw them raise a dubious brow, Uraraka couldn't help but pout. "Ok deep deep deep down."
"How deep are we talking?" Jirou chuckled along with Hagakure. "Are we talking like dark abyss kind of deep or…?"
"You guys! We shouldn't be talking about one of our friends like that." Yaoyorozu disapprovingly scolded.
"Thanks Momo." Uraraka let out a sigh of relief.
"Even if it is Bakugo." She finished saying, wish made Uraraka lean back in her chair.
"I miss Tsu." Uraraka playfully mumbled, which made the girls giggle.
"Don't worry once she gets back from one of her travels, she'll be right here getting pampered too." Yaoyorozu comfortingly patted her hand.
"Does kind of make you wonder how the rest of the guys are doing with this whole babysitting thing." Jirou thoroughly frowned wondering if Kaminari was still in one piece.
"…and what's more is that you're not half as worried as I thought you'd be." Mina now settled her suspicious eyes on Uraraka, but Uraraka should have known better.
Someone like Mina would pick up on any little thing that smelled like potential gossip.
"I-I don't know what you mean." Uraraka sputtered and instead glanced at her finished toes. "I am worried."
"Not saying you're not…" Mina watched her for another minute before shaking that though off when something else came to mind. "But…"
"Oh no…"
"Here it comes…" Both Jirou and Yaoyorozu groaned.
"Like Jirou said what do you think they're doing right now…?" the slow growing smile told Uraraka everything she had to know. "Oh my god there's so many ways this could go wrong yet; I can't help but want to see!"
"I'm sure she doesn't mean it." Jirou looked at Uraraka but found herself now having second thoughts too.
"Oh no nothing like that." Mina quickly tried to reassure her friend. "It's just…what harm would it do to check up on them? And if it'll help our 'Chako babe here feel more at ease then why not?"
"You're just trying to use this to spy on the guys." Jirou approvingly grinned.
"No this is for Ochaco!" Mina raised her fists.
"For Ochaco!"
"Girls we've still got a whole day planned." Yaoyorozu pouted.
"Ok here's to another compromise." Mina raised her glass of orange juice. "We go to this massage thing Momo has planned for us and then we'll make a surprise visit?"
"Ochaco?" they all turned to her, waiting for her answer as she contemplated it. "We could do that if it's ok with Momo since she did plan all this for us."
"Fine…" Yaoyorozu deeply exhaled unable to hide her own curiosity to know how the babysitting was going. "For Ochaco."
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"Mannnn this sucks." Kaminari continued to pout as he, along with the rest of the guys continued to sit cross legged on the floor in front of a big white board Bakugo had put up. "My happy face looks more like a frown and I'm on orange."
"Yeah? Well Kiseki and I are on blue, and on our way to Purple soon." Kirishima proudly grinned as he looked down at the baby sitting on the rocker next to him. "Isn't that right?"
Smiling Deku turned in time to hear Kaminari's accusatory tone as he pointed to Bakugo's smiley face. "Wait, how come you're on pink?!"
"It's because unlike the rest of you morons I know the sh-crap I'm supposed to do to get to pink."
"Wait so you just automatically put yourself there?" Deku furrowed his brows as he looked at his little smiley face on green.
"Wouldn't that be considered cheating?" Todoroki quizzically asked looking at his own green smiley face.
"No, it's not."
"Yeah dude I think it is." Kaminari stubbornly folded his arms over his chest, still sour about being one color away from red, and from his memory back in grade school red was never good and frankly he didn't want to relive that memory.
"No it's not! And you would say that Sparky because you're on orange."
"You put me there just because I didn't know the words to itsy bitsy spider!" Kaminari protested like that was an absurd reason to place him there in the first place.
"What kind of idiot doesn't know that?!"
"How come you did?" Todoroki asked an irritated Bakugo.
"I just do ok!" Bakugo growled minutes away from ripping the whole damn board down and slamming it on the next person's head who complained.
"Hey at least I tried!" Kaminari fired back.
"Humming does not constitute as singing idiot." Bakugo slowly blinked back at the stun gun hero.
"It's alright man, no one faults you for cheating." Kirishima grinned before looking down at a smiling Kiseki. "He was cheating, wasn't he? Oh yes he was, yes he was."
"Alright that's it! Everyone's on red now!" Bakugo furiously began removing the smiley faces.
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted. "You can't do that!"
"Well at least I'll be back on the board." Sero grumbled from his spot on the couch.
"That's not cool man!" Kaminari jumped to his feet. "It's like kindergarten all over! I will not be put in the corner for this again! I won't! You can't make me!"
"Again?" Deku confusingly frowned.
"And yet somehow this color chart became very hostile…." Kirishima commented as the guys continued to argue before his phone began to ring. "Hello?"
"Hey Kiri it's Mina, I was just wondering how you guys were doing?" she quietly asked as she looked over her shoulder to see Uraraka finishing up with her massage.
"Good, despite the scary environment right now Kiseki's doing really good." He answered as Bakugo began banging the board on both Kaminaris and Deku's heads. "Kiseki and I were on blue." He proudly smirked.
"Great, whatever that means." She giggled. "So you're still in Ochaco's apartment, right?"
"Um yeah…?" he uneasily answered yet his smile remained.
"Ok good. Talk to you later!"
"Wait-" Unable to stop her from hanging up he bewilderingly looked at his phone before shrugging and glancing back at the others. Knowing Mina, he would bet anything that she was up to something very Mina-ish.
"Oh man what's that smell?" Sero wrinkled his nose when the stench spread through the apartment.
"Well it wasn't me." Kaminari confidently raised his chin.
"Well if it wasn't you then…" Sero trailed off as they looked around.
"Oh man…" they all groaned when they saw the sheepish grin on Kisekis' face.
"Well man, you know what you have to do." Kirishima chuckled as he moved to place a hand on Bakugo's shoulder.
"What? Why me?!" he roughly shrugged off his hand.
"Because we're only here for emotional support, right guys?" Kirishima asked both Sero and Kaminari who vigorously nodded.
"Guys come on. We're heroes! We can manage to change a poopy diaper, right?" Deku questioningly looks at the others who swiftly take a step back.
"Unbelievable…" Bakugo pinches the bridge of his nose just as the infant begins to uncomfortably squirm and starts to cry. "You see what you guys did!" he shouted over the crying.
"Make it stop!" Kaminari frantically covered his ears when the crying became louder.
"Yeah Bakugo do something!" Sero placed two pillows against his ears. "Make it stop!"
"You make it stop!"
"Dude I might be going deaf!" Kaminer whimpered. "Bakubro!"
"How?!" Bakugo barked back reluctantly staring at Kiseki's who only seemed to be getting antsier by the second.
"Bakugo!"
"Don't get snappy with me!" He frustratingly growled before snatching the boy up and panickily staring at him.
"Ok guys let's not run on each other I think that's what he wants!" Sero shouted.
"Kacchan hurry the smells getting worse!" Deku continued to freak out while Todoroki went to open the window.
"Do something!"
"He's still crying!"
"I'm hungry!"
"Ok everyone shut up!" Bakugo shouted and instantly all the noise in the apartment momentarily ceased, including Kiseki's who was now curiously staring at him. "Kirishima bring me a diaper! Deku bring me the wipes! And for the love of All Might someone feed Sparky!"
"On it!"
"On it!"
"On it."
After Kiseki had calmed down and changed Bakugo carefully placed him back down inside the playpen but it seemed that suddenly this boy hated being put down when he began to cry again.
"I just changed you." Bakugo gaped back at the baby who continued to scrunch his eyes shut, as the small tears ran down his chubby cheeks, his cries getting harder and louder with every second that ticked by. He wasn't hungry since Uraraka fed him before she left and he sure as hell didn't need a diaper changing since he just bore witness to something he never knew could come out of a child.
"Why is he crying again?" Sero nervously grinned as he stared at the infant.
"He's a baby. Babies cry." Kirishima responded, wincing after another painful cry. "It's normal!"
"That's not normal!" Kaminari shouted past the noise before grabbing one of the books Bakugo brought. "Ok look it says here that contrary to popular belief, whenever a baby cries it does not mean that it needs to be fed or that it has pooped itself...but that they can cry over all sorts of things because they literally have no other way to communicate when they're unhappy."
"Bakugo? Is that why you're always so cranky and screaming all the time?" Sero genuinely asked as they all turned to him.
"And you wonder why you weren't on the board." Bakugo scoffed before moving them aside and staring down at the boy.
"Hey maybe if we stop to see if he'll tell us what he wants then he'll stop crying." Kaminari proudly grinned as he slammed the book shut.
"Oh I'm so tempted to hit you with that book right now." Bakugo tilted his head back when the crying didn't stop, how Uraraka did this 24/7 was a mystery to him which only made his admiration for her grow. "Babies can't talk moron!"
"Ok fine I don't see anyone else coming up with any bright ideas." Kaminari pointedly said which made them all slowly begin to stare down at the baby as if waiting for an answer- any answer which only made him cry harder when all the attention was directed at him.
"Ok guys I think we're freaking him out..." Sero said as he cluelessly scratched his head.
"That's one restless baby. Will it ever stop?!" Kaminari wondered out loud.
"Hey Bakugo…he's doing that grabby hands thingy again." Kirishima pointed when Kiseki continued to open and close his hands. "I think he wants you to pick him up."
Following where Kirishima was pointing Bakugo nervously swallowed. "What? Why me?"
"Come on man you're like the head nanny here." Kaminari teasingly grinned. "Or is it Manny? Either way, man up."
Scowling Bakugo looked from Kiseki and back to his hands. "I sincerely hope you step on a Lego."
Shockingly gasping Kaminari stumbled back a couple of steps. "That's cruel bro! I think that's the meanest thing you've EVER said to me!"
Carefully raising the baby from the playpen seemed to do the trick when Kiseki's cries began to falter to a small whimper as he let his eyes drag around the room searching for something or rather someone while a small pout formed on his lips.
"Aww." All the men in the room cooed as they saw the same thing Bakugo did as his eyes soften but forced himself to quickly snapped out of it when he realized they weren't alone, so he began bouncing him in the room as he walked.
"Shut up." he mumbled. "Let's see if maybe this kid's hungry." He gestured to the coffee table. "Someone get the papers there."
Skimming over it Todoroki saw that one of the pages contained precise instructions on how to warm up milk, burping the baby afterward -which was highlighted repeatedly- so that he does not swallow air, and colic management techniques.
"Bakugo? What is 'tummy time?'" he quizzically asked not being familiar with this.
"Babies need to spend fifteen to thirty minutes a day on their stomach in order to develop shoulder and neck muscles as well as cognitive functions." Bakugo replied as he stared down at the now calm child. "Or so I read..."
Smiling Todoroki looked at Deku who casually shrugged.
"Alright someone get the bottle." Bakugo instructed.
"I'll do it!' Kaminari eagerly ran towards the kitchen before pausing. "A bottle of what?"
"Milk of course." Sero answered before turning to them. "Right?"
Nodding Kaminari opened the refrigerator in search of a milk carton but was startled to see quite a few small milk bottles instead. "Wow Uraraka's well stocked."
"Wait is that what I think it is?" Sero uneasily widened his eyes as he stepped next to him.
"TOUCH THAT AND YOU'LL BE SORRY!" Bakugo angrily barked back.
"Why? It's just milk." Kaminari shook his head as he grabbed one. "I swear he gets so worked up over anything lately." He said and began to open it thinking of pouring himself a cup afterwards.
"Careful with that!" Bakugo shouted when he saw what was taking them so long.
"It's just milk bro." Kaminari chuckled.
"No, I'm pretty sure that's breast milk." Sero informed him. "Remember what Mina told you?"
Thinking it over, Kaminari thought back on what Mina had mentioned once before about what babies eat. 'It's like magic breast milk Kaminari…' he remembered the mischievous wink she sent him after she had said that and then it finally dawned on him.
"Breast milk? Like from a real person?!" he gawked nearly fumbling with the bottle now in his hands.
"No, from a fake person." Bakugo watches as the rusty gears began to turn through Kaminaris eyes before he finally snapped "Yes you moron from a real person!"
"Well you could've just said that instead of being mean about it!" Kaminari whined before handing it to Bakugo after warming it. He watched him checking to make sure the temperature was just by placing a few drops on his wrist right before shaking the bottle one more time just as Kiseki started fussing in the same way he usually does when he's hungry. "Hey, look at that!" Kaminari grinned. "Guess the little guy was hungry after all."
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"What are they doing?!" Mina whisper shouted as the girls poked their heads out one by one from behind a brick wall as they followed the six of them as they leisurely walked down the street.
"The more important question is where are they going?" Hagakure asked.
"Bakugo told me that they were thinking about taking Kiseki to this small park nearby." Uraraka stared at six guys precisely heading in that direction.
"Ok…" Mina hummed, the frown on her face only deepening. "But that still doesn't explain why they're wearing all that."
Giggling, the girls couldn't help but agree with her statement when they saw that the guys practically carried various toys, pulled the stroller, held the diaper bag and car seat to name a few pf the items they decided to bring along.
"You got me." Uraraka smiled at the sight.
"But you do gotta admit that's adorable!" Hagakure happily waved her hands around.
"More like hot as heck!" Mina continued to fan her face as she let her eyes remain fixed on the way they confidently carried the stuff just for a simple stroll in the park with a baby. "I mean look at that!"
"Ok pushing away the fact that Mina scarily needs to get laid…" Jirou had to stifle her laugh when Mina gave her a playful pout. "She does have a point, and they seem to be enjoying themselves too." She pointed at them.
"You think so?" Uraraka returned her gaze to Bakugo who was pushing Kiseki in the stroller resulting in a small smile from her. 'It is pretty cute…'
"I just hope they're not using your child to pick up girls." Jirou scoffed while playing with her earphone jacks.
"Oh dear, surely they wouldn't." Yaoyorozu covered her mouth in horror. "Would they?"
"Deku and Todoroki wouldn't." Mina slowly thought about it with a slight nod. "The others on the other hand…"
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"People are staring…" Deku nervously gulped as he continued to clutch the giant pillow in his hand. "K-Kachan!"
"So let them." He grunted unfazed by the many onlookers as they passed them on the street.
"Why are we carrying all this stuff?" Todoroki looked down at the baby strap he was wearing with Mr. Snuggles locked and secure inside.
"That's what I want to know." Sero huffed after he got another small smile from a few girls walking by him.
"Well Kaminari seems to think…" Kirishima began.
"If girls see us carrying all this with a baby, they're gonna want to talk to us." Kaminari logically explained. "Girls can't resist the sight of a man with a baby."
"So, carrying all of this is really necessary?" Todoroki uneasily wanted to confirm, trying to wrap his head around why this was so important.
"To him it is." Sero snorted.
"Hey I've got Kyoka, it's the rest of you that need my help." Kaminari defensively responded.
"…and Bakugo seems to think carrying all of this is necessary in case we need any of this for little Kiseki here." Kirishima awkwardly finished as he looked to his left where Bakugo continued pushing the stroller.
"It is."
"Hey maybe it's working!" Sero acknowledge when he saw a group of girls waving at him.
"What did I tell you." Kaminari grinned. "Like a magnet."
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"Those idiots…" Jirou shook her head while the girls continued to gawk at the brazen display as the guys stopped in front of a crosswalk to watch Sero talking to three girls with Deku flustery waving his hands next to him along with Kirishima and a grinning Kaminari, while Todoroki and Bakugo both briskly walked off in the direction of the park.
"Well so much for sweet intentions..." Mina tilted her head watching the way Kirishima repeatedly tried following after the other two.
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"Man, that was a hard day." Kaminari exhaustedly sat himself down on the couch after they got back to the apartment.
"Well, no one told you to keep running around like a child." Bakugo couldn't help but chuckle when they remembered the way Kaminari seemed to have just as much fun playing in the park as some of the kids there.
"Whatever man, believe it or not that does take a lot out of you." Kaminari tiredly yawned.
"It really does." Sero had to agree being one of the ones having to chase after him right before being reeled into doing the monkey bars.
"Tch."
"Hey man we're all mature here ok." Kaminari lazily got to his feet to get some water. "Unless someone brings out bubble wrap-"
"Ooh or games!" Deku chimed in.
"Don't forget mangas-" Sero added.
"Or those things that-"
"Alright!" Bakugo harshly cut in when Kiseki began to frown once he removed him from the stroller, just before he began to full on cry again.
"Not this again…" Sero groaned, but didn't have enough energy to move. "How does Uraraka do this? Remind me to buy her something nice."
"Relax I've got it." Kaminari walked back from the kitchen holding a milk bottle but due to his exhaustion, tripped over his own two feet. "ARGH!"
"What the…?" tilting his head back enough to see Kaminari trying to raise himself, Bakugo disbelieving shook his head. "You're the reason we have warning labels."
"Don't you think I know that?!" Kaminari fired back.
"Ok guys I don't think yelling is going to help Kiseki." Deku frantically waved his hands. "Here Kacchan let me." Deku offered and reached his hand out when Bakugo stubbornly turned the other way. "Hey Kiseki, would you like Uncle Deku to hold you?"
Hearing that again made Bakugo slowly narrow his eyes at the One for All user finding that familiar name unsettling when he remembered that Deku probably had spent more time with the child he was holding since he probably knew about it before any of them did.
"Kacchan?"
"Fine." He reluctantly nodded before hesitantly handing him over. "Careful-not like that! You need to hold him like this and be careful with his head!"
Secretly smiling Deku did as was ordered of him before Bakugo finally eased off a little bit.
Still wiggling in Dekus' arms, Kisekie frowned until Kirishima walked up to him and crouched down enough to be at eye level with the infant.
"Hey little guy you wanna play peek-a-boo?" he grinned when Kiseki's eyes slowly lit up while Kirishima repeatedly covered his eyes before playfully peeking up at the boy, which he seemed to like.
With a small smile Bakugo watched them for a little while longer, but something dropped in his stomach, and it forced his eyes to drift down.
It's been a while since he felt this way, like he hadn't accomplished something he wanted to do all day…and the way Kirishima and even Deku seemed to know this kid more than him to a point where he would laugh with them made Bakugo feel…
"Hey man, you ok?" Kirishima asked from over his shoulder momentarily pausing his game.
"Just glad the brat stopped crying." He mumbled just as Deku walked over with him.
"Here, I think he wants you again." Deku chuckled when Kiseki tried to turn his wobbly head to Bakugo.
Meeting Kiseki's gaze Bakugo quickly turned the other way to try and organize. "I'm fine."
"Hey listen man, it's alright." Kirishima reassuringly placed his hand on his shoulder. "You're just new at this ok. And remember like Uraraka said; no one expect you to always be perfect."
"Hah? When has she ever said that?" he quizzically frowned at Kirishima, not understanding what the hell he was talking about.
'Crap!' Inwardly panicking Kirishima looked at Deku who was already staring back with wide horrified eyes. "W-what I mean is that…we all think that dude."
"L-Look." Deku lifted Kiseki enough to show him opening and closing his tiny hands.
Suspiciously eyeing the two, Bakugo apprehensively raised his hands to take Kiseki from Deku.
"By the way nice safe." Deku whispered.
"Thanks." Kirishima awkwardly grinned but stopped as soon as Kiseki began to cry again once in Bakugo's arms.
"What the hell?" Bakugo bounced his eyes from one face to the other. Just a moment ago this kid was fine and now he was at it again. "This kid's got a set of lungs in him."
"Not surprising." Kirishima muttered making Deku hysterically laugh but quickly covered it with a cough.
This piercing cry was like an obnoxiously loud alarm at three in the morning and it seemed that whatever Bakugo tried he wouldn't calm down. Even Todoroki became a little restless and quickly got to his feet. "May I?"
"Go for it." Bakugo smugly grinned when he handed him to the ice and fire user. But his grin only lasted so long when Kiseki's cries became little hiccuped whimpers. "What?! Is that kid broken?"
"Seems like you're not the baby whisperer like you thought you were huh Kacchan?" Kaminari snickered. "You're lucky I have training soon."
"Since when do you go to the gym dumbass?" Bakugo mockingly squinted his eyes.
"Hey I'll have you know refusing to go to the gym is one of the best forms of resistance training." He stated before sitting down in a chair where there was no chair and painfully hitting the floor instead. "Ow…"
"We seriously need to baby proof this apartment." Bakugo rolled his eyes but stopped when he heard faint giggling near him.
"He's doing something." Todoroki's panicked eyes turned to them.
"Oi hang on." Bakugo now walked over to Kaminari. "Do that again."
"Do what exactly?" Kaminari confusingly asked. "Hurt myself? No way man I-" He stumbled over his feet when Bakugo poked his own out watching him hit the floor again. "Wait does…does he enjoy this?!" he gasped as the child's laughter filled the room like a bubbling fountain of joy. Infectious and impossible to resist even to someone like Bakugo who couldn't help but smirk.
"This kid's not bad. Got a little attitude there too." Bakugo proud smirk widened when Kiseki continued to excitingly wave his hands around anytime Kaminari pretended to hurt himself.
"Of course you would say that!" Kaminari rubbed his head.
"Can't fault the brat for having a good sense of humor." Bakugo shrugged but was surprised when Kiseki raised his hands again towards him.
"He's doing the grabby hands again." Kirishima remarks with a small smile.
"Well while you're at it, we better be going anyway now that I seemed to have a concussion." Kaminari whined.
Carefully holding him, Bakugo watched this child tiredly rub his face on his chest. "Think he's tired." Bakugo calmly muttered as he watched Kiseki open and close his mouth in a little yawn that made something in his chest clench as a small smile graze his lips. Wondering how a baby made so much noise for someone so small.
"Yeah, we better be heading off too." Deku said as he and Todoroki walked up to bit them goodbye too.
"Remember-"
"Yeah, up and early for a meeting." Bakugo replied before Todoroki could finish without ever removing his eyes from the boy as he continued rocking him in his arms.
"Alright we'll see you in the morning." Sero and Kaminari said next before stopping. "Um do you think Uraraka will be ok with what you did to his hair?"
"What? You mean the hair gel?" Giving Kiseki a once over as the boy lazily grinned up at him wanting to fight his sleep, Bakugo indifferently shrugged. "Looks good on him."
Once they left and it was just the three of them, Bakugo found that this kid was even harder to put down for a nap than he thought.
"Nothing yet?" Kirishima asked already draped over the couch covered with toys, small blankets and lazily waving a pacifier around. "I heard sometimes it can be hard to put kids down for a nap."
"No kidding." Bakugo scoffed while Kiseki continued to frown up at him, every so often finding his eyes closing before he would startle himself awake. "This kids' a stubborn one that's for sure."
Smiling Kirishima raised himself enough to see a calm look cross Bakugo's face as he continued slowly pacing around the room. "Maybe he's just having too much fun, so he doesn't want to sleep yet."
Bakugo wasn't sure how much time went by, but after another changing, feeding and playing with Kirishima, he was just about to admit defeat for the first time in his life until Kiseki stretched his arms and snuggled closer to him. "Oi…idiot! Look at this!" he whisper shouted to Kirishima until he realized his friend was knocked out long ago.
Figures.
Carefully sitting down on the other side of the couch, he cradled the boy close to him and…somehow knew deep in his gut that he'd do anything to protect him, and couldn't help but wonder if that feeling was something Kiseki might be feeling too as he stared up at him.
"Seems we managed not to kill each other today huh?" Bakugo tiredly smiled when he saw the boy slowly closing his eyes, his lashes fanning his chubby cheeks as he did so.
Momentarily closing his own eyes Bakugo took this moment to relax onto the couch before peeking an eye open to see Kiseki quickly snapping his eyes shut again. 'What the…that sneakily little brat.'
Inwardly laughing, Bakugo pretended to close his eyes again while seeing the boy open his as he stared at Bakugo's supposed sleeping face before Bakugo opened his eyes again and Kiseki was forced to close his eyes again. 'That kid thinks he's so sly.'
That went on for a while until the time in between the baby's eyes opening became too much for him and Bakugo was sure he was asleep. "Got ya." He grinned before hesitantly wrapping his arms around the boy and raising him to his chest as Kiseki's lips curled into a slight grin before allowing himself to fall asleep into his father's chest.
He glances down at the sleeping child who looked comfortable sleeping in a frog-like position with the now spikes of his hair tickling Bakugo's chin. That warm strange feeling made him instantly want to hold him closer. All he could think about was how precious and perfect this little boy was and before he knew it, he found himself also drifting off to sleep.
X
Quietly unlocking the door, Uraraka peeked her head inside before quietly closing it behind her. She knew if she made her presence immediately known that whatever Bakugo was currently doing with Kiseki for the apartment to be this quiet would result in nothing.
So, doing her best she silently tip-toed her way through the place that looked like a tornado had passed through it. Surely this could mean nothing good since Bakugo was always adamant about keeping a tidy, organized and clean space…but what she saw right now seemed to be quite the opposite after walking passed a knocked-out Kirishima still fast asleep.
She had to put a hand over her mouth to stifle a laugh upon seeing the famous Red Riot knocked out surrounded by baby toys, but stopped when her eyes landed on something nearby she was never expecting to see with both boys fast asleep.
Bakugo laid leaning back on the couch with Kiseki snuggled up on top of his chest, both snoring lightly with their mouths slightly parted.
And that sight just melted her heart.
Swallowing the lump in her throat didn't help the incoming tears in the rim of her eyes as she took in the way their child was moving up and down as his father lightly snored underneath him.
She kneeled down next to the couch and couldn't help but admire the scene in front of her. Pulling her phone out she decided to take a quick picture for herself before placing it on the coffee table next to her.
Seeing them both knocked out like this was so overwhelming for her that she hesitated and already hated herself for having to ruin this moment between them knowing she'd have to wake him up. "Bakugo…?"
She quietly whispered after lightly nudging his shoulder and he still wouldn't budge. "Ba-"
"Ochaco…" he mumbled in his sleep which had her momentarily pause and stare at him with wide eyes.
Was he still dreaming?
With a shaky breath she gently tried to remove Kiseki from his arm but froze when his other hand suddenly snatched her wrist, not allowing her to do much but stare at him as he slowly opened his eyes.
"Uraraka?" he groggily asked, his voice coming out deeper and gruffer than usual as he confusingly met her eyes.
"Hey." She gently smiled when his sleepy eyes cleared and instead saw them briefly drifting down to her lips.
Confusingly blinking, he glanced down to where his grip still remained tightly wrapped around her wrist before quickly releasing it.
"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you." She shot him an apologetic smile as he slowly sat up, careful not to disturb the sleeping child still in his arms.
"It's fine." He handed him over as he looked around the mess and stopped at Kirishima. "What time is it?" Still bleary-eyed he stared down at his phone and realized she actually came home earlier than he thought.
"Shh…" she soothingly said when Kiseki began to stir and briefly stared up at them with tired half-lidded eyes before giving them a lopsided grin and falling back asleep.
She walked to her bedroom, rocking him back and forth as she moved over to the bassinet, unaware Bakugo had followed her to stop at the doorway as he watched her from there.
"Kiseki…my little miracle." She warmly smiled down at her sleeping baby. "Who knew such small feet could leave such big imprints on your heart…" Stroking his head she leaned down to give him a kiss on his forehead before moving towards the living room.
"Give me a minute to clean." He sleepily mumbled, rubbing his tired eyes. He knew it would be difficult for her to relax when the place was a disaster area with toys and books and dishes that needed attending to.
"No, it's fine you already did too much." She quickly shook her head as she followed him to the kitchen as he began to work on the few dishes in the sink.
"I've got it." He yawned. "Oh and by the way that kid of yours…not bad." He gave a smug smile before washing and rising off the cups.
"Really?' she raised an amused brow at the state of the apartment. "I still want to thank you for what you guys did today."
"Don't mention it." He grunted after drying his hands and turning to face her, but his next words take her completely by surprise. "Just let me know next time you need a day off."
"N-next time?"
"Yeah. Anytime you need me, let me know." He trailed his eyes towards her bedroom before glancing back at her. "Don't argue with me Round-face, and if I find out otherwise…"
"I get it." She smiled down at her feet. Was she seriously considering this? "I promise to let you know…" she carefully worded and could see him raise his chin after sensing a 'but' coming along. "But…only if you let me handle the rest right now." She gestured around them and believe it or not, this wasn't the worst she'd seen so this wouldn't take her more than half an hour tops to put away.
But the way he seemed unwilling to accept her conditions told her that he was really struggling to relinquish control when it came to cleaning.
"Fine…" he forced out between clenched teeth. Despite this being the first time he was ever left in change of a baby…he still wouldn't consider this to be a reason to have this place looking the way it did right now. "Let me just wake up dumbass over there." He nodded to Kirishima.
"Ok. Sounds good to me." She happily placed her hands behind her back as she moved in that direction.
"Oi and Uraraka?"
"Hmm?"
"How long until you girls got tired of watching us?" he slowly smirked, knowing that there was no way she would stay this calm unless she saw for herself that Kiseki was in good hands for a first-time mother. But the priceless startled look on her face made it all worth it when she realized he had known this entire time.