AN: Hey guys thank you for patiently waiting but I do want to give you guys a heads up that this chapter contains some mature content so you have been warned! lol

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The fog continued to consume him in every direction. Surrounding him, obscuring his vision from anything but the two of them.

"Katsuki…."

He trailed his lips and tongue behind her ear…chin…neck and collarbone while she continued to whimper beneath him. Echoes of voices…the sounds of their moans filling the empty space around them now lost with time.

'…it always came back to one thing…you.'

Clutching his eyes shut he desperately wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer until they were flushed against each other.

'…always the hero huh? …do you like it?'

The bed continued to protest in time with his thrusts while his grip on her tightens and slowly begins to pick up speed. "Fuck." Groaning he never allowed himself to stop touching her even for a second for fear that she'd somehow disappear again.

'…it will help keep you warm when I can't…'

'…you're it! Nobody even comes close to you!'

The faint sounds of voices that seemed long forgotten continued to taunt him with every move, every moan, every gentle caress as soft hands affectionately racked their fingers through his thick hair.

'I love you…I'm in love with you…'

"Please…" the softest of whispers played in his ear as he raised himself enough to glance down at the person. He couldn't see her face still but could feel her arching her back as her head tipped back lost in this sensation. He didn't know how or why…but he knew there was nowhere else he'd rather be then here and now.

"So good." He murmurs; his voice is thick with desire. His whole body felt on fire as they continued to move together, their bodies in perfect sync with each other. "Always perfect…"

'I love you…nothing can change that…'

"Don't stop…" the person whispers between pants, her hot breath caressing his skin and it's all he can do not to scream.

"I won't." he promises, feeling the heat of her body beneath his own, his lips leaving a trail down her jawline as she moaned.

Every touch, every sound he tries to remember as his fingers continue to run along the smooth curve of her skin, exploring inch by inch until he couldn't contain the deep groan that issued from deep within his throat any longer.

"Katsuki…" her breath is a soft sigh against his parted lips as his pulse quickens.

'…you'll come back and find me like you always do…'

Gritting his teeth he grinds his hips against hers, parting her lips with his own as he desperately grabs onto her. "Don't…please don't leave…"

'I'm sorry…I'm so so sorry…please forgive me…'

"Don't!" he pleads knowing what will eventually happen. "I'll find my way back to you…I promise." He feels his eyes water as he slowly snaps them shut.

Shooting up from the bed, Bakugo gasped for air drenched in his own sweat as he took in his bedroom with wide startled eyes. "I…" His voice sounded hoarse before he swallowed down the lump in his throat.

Just another dream.

Glaring at the time on his phone he held, he threw himself back down against his pillow as he stared up at his ceiling still.

This one, just like many of the others felt so real—too real for his liking that it only continued to invade his day too now.

The way this dream girl seemed to make him feel and want to surrender every part of himself was unsettling and unnerving. To think that there could be someone out there that could make him feel this way was absurd and the harsh truth was that he wasn't delusional enough to think that such a person even existed.

But nonetheless he couldn't stop thinking about it even if he wanted to. The only time he didn't find himself trying to decipher what the hell these dreams meant was when he was stuck on another problem in the form of chubby pink cheeks, a beaming smile and an overly unnatural fondness for anything sweet and cavity inducing.

"Fucking hell…" he groaned as he placed his arm over his face as his pulse continuing to quicken. The last thing he needed right now was the image of someone like Uraraka invading his thoughts first thing in the morning after the fucked-up dream he just had. And the hard bulge in his boxers only made it worse. "This shit's getting ridiculous."

Maybe he should take up Kirishimas offer and finally agree to go on one of those stupid dates and meet a girl who could help him release all his pent-up energy and frustration. Perhaps that way these dreams could finally stop and the thought of being anywhere near Uraraka wouldn't seem as bad.

Picking up the shiny silver necklace on his nightstand he let it dangle in front of his face for a bit, almost mesmerizing as it caught the beginning hint of the morning raze bounce of it. Pulling it closer he let his thumb rub over the silver dog tags that still had a small grenade on the front and his hero name on the back.

Dynamight.

'…always the hero huh? …do you like it?' Closing his eyes he wrapped his hand around the tags the same way he tried to clutch onto that same faint voice before it vanished until next time.

He couldn't remember who gave it to him nor would he ever dare ask just for the simple fact that this was sentimental to him, convincing himself that it was because it was the first thing he received that had his mark on it.

Hearing the alarm going off was just a reminder that it was time to get ready for work and out of bed. Today was going to be another workday after all and with that came the excitement of being a pro hero. At least that was one way to try and keep himself occupied if he wasn't thinking about this fantasy girl or someone he shouldn't.

Groaning he peeked down at his boxers. But first things first, he needed a shower and to take care of things here before he could even think about heading to work right now.

X

"You should've seen it." Uraraka breathlessly said while she continued to run along the treadmill with Mina next to her doing the same. "It was so cute."

"He offered to help babysit and now he's also offered to drive you places?" Mina disbelievingly laughed. "Has the world turned upside down while I wasn't watching?"

"Not to mention he stepped foot inside a pediatricians office." Tsu pointed out during their three-way calling. "That thought in itself is pretty scary, ribbit."

"How so?" Uraraka quizzically asked as she turned to Mina.

"Well Bakugo sitting still is a miracle alone…" Mina answered. "But Bakugo surrounded by kids without going ballistic is just unheard of."

"Well according to All Might he seemed to hold his own during the remedial class." Tsu reminded them.

"Yeah, I think I heard about that." Mina thoughtfully hummed as she let her eyes drag across the Todoroki agency's gym to find Kirishima holding one of the punching bags.

"Yeah, you see." Uraraka half smiled, keeping her eyes on the screen. "And Kiseki seems to like him."

"He does?" Both girls asked in surprise.

"At least it seems that way…" She lightly giggled upon remembering how sad he seemed to get when Bakugo left the other day after they got home.

"Well maybe Bakugo's trying to break his record for being nice since you know…he's never really tried." Mina shrugged unable to help the slow bubble of laughter that followed. "I'm sorry! It's just insane to me and I can't picture it."

"Me neither." Tsu confessed. "Someone like Bakugo usually doesn't offer to help unless there's another underlying reason that we're not aware of."

"That's what I said!" Mina gave an excited jump before she continued running. "Tsu we need you here! We miss you! When are you coming back?"

"I really miss you guys too." Tsu momentarily paused and it didn't take long for the girls to understand that she was being genuine about it even somewhat emotional. It's been a while since all of them have been together, but that still didn't stop them from trying to find any way to communicate whenever Froppy was allowed to get anywhere near shore due to the ongoing loss of reception out at sea.

"But I should be back soon, Selkie said we were due for land in a few months so maybe then?"

"Count us in." Uraraka fondly smiled. "Just let us know and well snatch you right up."

"But we can't promise we'll let you go." Mina chimed in making the girl on the phone wipe her already soaking eyes.

"Never." Uraraka could hear Tsu's small attempt at a laugh and shared a knowing look with Mina before they slowed their pace to a walk. "Tsu?"

"I'll be fine. Don't worry." Tsu sniffled. "Talking to you guys makes me happy. But we'll have plenty of time for that after."

"You bet." Uraraka fondly smiled.

"But enough about that, let's go back to that whole Bakugo thing." Tsu giggled trying to get passed this sad topic knowing that the sooner she'll be back the sooner she'll get to see her friends again. "You think there's something wrong with him?"

"I don't know…" Mina slowly observed the way Kirishima seemed to quickly move his gaze away from the two girls after being caught while Bakugo continued on with his relentless punches. "Have you noticed anything…funny?"

"Like what?" Uraraka confusingly frowned.

"Not sure, like does he seem different to you?"

"Um…" Uraraka wasn't sure where Mina was going with this and was just about to admit that she had her suspicions that perhaps he may have checked out her ass the other day but shook it off as just her imagination. "No, why do you ask?"

"No reason." She half shrugged. "He just seems different lately. At least from what I remember."

"That is odd, ribbit." Tsu thoughtfully hummed. "But on the plus side, he didn't seem bothered accompanying Ochaco the other day."

"He was so sweet." She warmly giggled as she looked down. "They way he seemed to care about Kiseki's well-being. And you should've seen the way he-" When she looked up she was startled to see Mina already staring at her with raised brows. "What?"

"Seems to me that you and Bakugo have spent a lot of time together too." Tsu observed.

"What-no it's not like that!" she hurriedly waved her hands. "I was just as surprised as you!"

"Really? Seemed that way to me..." Tsu confusingly frowned. "Guess I was gone longer than I thought, ribbit."

Releasing the breath she didn't know she was holding Uraraka took the opportunity to glance in his direction where she could see him talking to Kirishima and Sero.

She should have known someone like Tsu would always be honest, observant, caring and straight to the point. Which was one of the reasons why they became such good friends first year. She just hoped that no one else would see right through her since the thought that Tsu—someone who wasn't even here could already read her only seemed to increase her anxiety about coming back to Japan.

"Oh look you've got a message."

Mina's voice quickly snapped her back when they heard the light buzzing from her phone.

"Oh?"

"It's ok I've got to go anyways." Tsu said right as another voice began talking to her in the background. "Selkie and Sirius say hi."

"Tell them we said hi too!" Mina raised her voice a little despite more than half the people in the gym already able to hear her.

"And don't let it be too long before we hear from you again." Uraraka sadly smiled down at her phone after pausing her run.

"I won't." Tsu giggled. "Let me know how things go with the whole Bakugo babysitting thing and Mina I hope everything works out with Kirishima."

"Oh please don't remind me." Mina defeatedly groaned, dragging her hands down her face.

"I'm sure he'll come around." Uraraka reassuringly squinted her eyes closed from smiling once the phone call ended and she finally decided to check her message.

Bakugo: Something came up. Tape face said he can drive you home.

Frowning Uraraka quizzically stared at the message wondering why he suddenly felt the need to text her when she was literally a mere footsteps away Did he not want to talk to her? Or have the others see them talking? No that couldn't be it. It wouldn't make sense since everyone here pretty much knew each other and knew that they talked like friends, at least she wanted to believe so. But then…did she do something wrong?

Uraraka: Is everything alright?

"I hope so." Minas responds to her had Uraraka divert her attention back to her friend. "By this rate I'd be lucky if he even looks at me." She frustratedly huffed. "UGH I just want to be the reason he looks down at his phone when I text him and possibly crash against something, is that too much to ask?"

Uraraka was about to respond but the loud CRASH momentarily made everyone's eyes in the gym turn to a furious Bakugo as he painfully kept his hand on his face as he lay sprawled on the floor next to a startled Kirishima who glanced down at him still clutching his phone in his hand.

"Huh? Wonder what's wrong with him." Mina's bewilderment was the same as Uraraka's before they both shrugged and continued on their run.

X

"Dude you good?" Kirishima outstretched his hand to try and help his buddy back up as he glared at him.

"Fucked up good." Smacking his hand away Bakugo raised himself up only to glowered at the rest of the idiots still staring at him as he checked his hand for any signs of another nose bleed.

"Really? Because that seemed like it hurt." Sero uneasily grinned as he looked at the wall Bakugo just rammed right into after checking his phone.

"No shit." Bakugo huffed laying himself back on one of the nearby benches. "I could've told you that dumbass or would you rather find out yourself?"

"Ok, because if you're alright then I guess it's alright for us to laugh now." Kirishima grinned right as he and Sero began to keel over howling with laughter.

"OI SHUT THE HELL UP!" Bakugo barked as he jolted upward.

"No but seriously…" Rubbing the tears from his eyes Kirishima's grin never wavered. "How did that even happen man?"

"I'm this close of punching you assholes right in the face." Using his thumb and index finger he briefly pushed them together before flipping them off and making a beeline to refill his water bottle while at the same time making sure to avoid any other embarrassing disasters.

"Oh come on, it's all fun." Kirishima quickly jogged over to him. "But seriously are you ok?"

"You ask me that one more time Shitty hair and I'll-"

"Hello!" Minas overly chipper voice came from behind them as she bounced over.

"Goddamn it…"

"Hey Mina, how's it going?" Kirishima's eyes shone so brightly that it nearly made Bakugo wanna throw up. "What?" Kirishima innocently looked back at Bakugo who just shook his head in disgust.

"Oh nothing much just wanted to know how you boys were doing." Placing her hands behind her back she continued to bounce on her heels. "And from the looks of it Bakugo's not doing so good. Are you alright?"

"Erm…he doesn't want to be asked that right now." Kirishima awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck.

"Why not?"

"Um how do I say this…"

"It's called fuck off and it's located over there." He pointed towards the exit. "Make use of it Pinky."

"You know something…" placing her hands on her hips Mina disapprovingly tilted her head. "You keep getting crankier and crankier every time I see you. What is up with you lately?"

"It's probably because I have to look at your ugly faces day in and day out." He quickly snapped as he took a giant gulp of water and rolled his neck to work out the kinks after another restless night. "That shit tents to mess with your mood."

"See! That's what I'm talking about!" She says, turning her attention to Kirishima. "I swear I don't know how Ochaco puts up with him."

"She doesn't put up with me, I put up with her." He corrected, waving his finger around and doing his best not to look for her.

"If you say so." Mina indifferently replied, which made Bakugo roll his eyes. "So, what are you doing after work Kiri?"

"After work?" Giving it some thought Kirishima shrugged. "The guys are rehearsing so I figured I'd stop by. Why?"

"Tch idiot." Scoffing Bakugo tried to hide his amusement that the famous Red Riot couldn't tell when he was getting hit on considering how many times it happened on a daily basis.

"But I'm sure the guys won't mind if you want to come along." Kirishima smiled.

"Well actually, the reason I was asking-"

"Come along where?" Sero joined in on the conversation followed by Kaminari.

"If it's alright with you guys if Mina came to watch you practice?" Kirishima asked.

"Nope no problem, you guys can come anytime." Kaminari gave her two thumbs up and she would have thought it was a nice gesture if it wasn't for the obvious fact that she just wanted to spend more time alone with her ex-boyfriend.

"See." Kirishima startled her when he slapped the back of her shoulder in a friendly manner which just made her press her lips together in a thin line. "We'd love to stop by and see what you guys are working on. Right Mina?" Slapping her on the back again like one of the guys had her trying to suppress a frustrated growl especially when she could see both Sero and Bakugo knowingly shaking their heads at their clueless friend.

"Kirishima?" she unamusingly blinks back at him. "I'm about to jump in the shower right now after my sweaty run. So while I'm lathering soap all over myself I'll be doing other things that I'm sure you'd like to know about."

"Um…." Shifting in his spot Kirishima could only vaguely hear Bakugo spitting out his drink in repulsion while the others stared from one to the other.

"Care to join me?" Mina awaited his responds which never came since it seemed to be lodged in his throat. "No? ok." indifferently turning on her heels Mina briskly walked to do just that.

"Did that seriously just happen?" Kaminari awkwardly asked with a small blush on his cheeks.

"Uh I think so…" Sero who looked just as uncomfortable replied.

"What?" Cluelessly staring back Kirishima had a small blush of his own, but instead decided to shrug it off since Mina couldn't possibly be suggesting what he thought it was. Could she?

"Remind me to kill you after our patrol." Bakugo shook his head as he made to leave.

"What?!" Kirishima continued to ask even when the others began to move away and continue their workout. "What did I do?!"

"Sadly, nothing dude." Sero snickered just as he and Kaminari began to laugh.

For someone who apparently made it their mission to see to it that Bakugo had some sort of romantic life, the red head couldn't even see when Pinky practically threw herself at him.

"What a waste of time…" Getting into a relationship may seem tempting at times but so was getting on the Titanic…and look how that turned out. So there was no way he was about to sink or willing to indulge himself in anything of that sort since all he needed was a quick fix and all would be as it once was.

Kirishima on the other hand still had a thing for Pinky for some unknown reason that even puzzled him to this day, but if it would make Kirishima happy then it would be fine with him as long as he didn't have to hear about it all the time and wouldn't find his friend broken again.

X

Taking notice of the people around her Uraraka couldn't help but smile when she saw Mina talking to Kirishima for a bit, that's when she sees Bakugo slam the door open and heading upstairs clearly being done with his morning workout. "Bakugo!" she took this opportunity to see why he had felt the need to text her, but he clearly wasn't listening since he didn't bother stopping once after she'd called after him.

"Bakugo! Hey Bakugo wait up!" That seemed to get him out of whatever had caused him to ignore her just as his posture suddenly stiffened.

And then there was her.

His current pain in the ass in the form of one short, bubbly brunette that more often than not lately took the form of a migraine on legs.

She gave a brief wave as she skipped over, her short hair bouncing with each step and the black tank top she decided to wear showing off that delicious curve of her breast which made him snap his eyes shut and frustratedly pinch the bridge of his nose to remove that image.

Couldn't she have decided to wear a damn turtleneck or something to the gym? Was that too much to ask right now?!

'Goddamn it why does that even sound appealing?!' inwardly growling he hoped that once he opened his eyes she wouldn't be there.

Peeking an eye open, he only came face to face with a doe eyed Uraraka. 'Damn it!'

"Good morning!" she finally looked up and smiled. "I'm glad I caught you in time."

"What do you want?" getting right to the point seemed to be the best way to go about it when it came to getting as far away from this girl right now. At least until he got his problem taken care of.

"Oh…" She clearly wasn't expecting to be at the receiving end of whatever was going on with him but that didn't stop her from talking to him the way she always would. "I was just wondering if you were ok…" she carefully worded, observing the way he bitterly scoffed before taking another big gulp of his water and diverting his eyes to the people walking up and down the hall instead.

When he failed to respond without thinking she got on her tip toes to lightly move his bangs aside to get a better look at the small bump already forming on his forehead.

"Ow!" he hisses between his teeth, instantly tilting himself away from her touch. "Watch it"

"Sorry."

"Space! Personal space Round-face!" he incredulously stared back in anger. "We talked about that remember?"

Flinching back at his tone she tried not to let the hurt show. "I just wanted to check and make sure you didn't hurt yourself too badly."

"Well as you can see, I'm ok." he waved off before scowling down at her. "What? Do you just make it a habit to touch everyone you see?"

"What-no!" she flusteredly said fully aware of how her cheeks began to blush at the assumption and embarrassingly shifted her attention to the other people passing by.

He stares at her for what feels like an eternity before she decides to speak again.

"I also wanted to let you know not to worry about me needing a ride I can-"

"No." he firmly found himself answering before he could stop himself while frowning at the floor. "I already told you-"

"It's fine." She waved off. "Deku said-"

"Uraraka…" his voice came out more stern this time. "I already told you I'd take you." He confusingly opened his mouth as he still tried to figure out why the hell this was so important to him when he knew the others could just as easily drive her and probably already offered to. Giving him exactly what he needed from her…space. "I just…" His jaw muscle moves, and his red eyes look past her shoulder when he finally raised his head. 'I have a lot of shit going on right now, and told the guys I'd help them practice after work."

With a faint nod Uraraka could still see him distracted. Perhaps it wasn't her after all but nonetheless she felt guilty that she was putting more work on him when she shouldn't have to.

"It's fine." He mumbled already knowing that she'd offered him a way out the first chance she had, but oddly enough he didn't find himself as eager to take it. "I've got some things to pick up later anyway."

"Alright." The light tone in her voice finally made him warily move his gaze to see the worry edged in her face. "Then I'll meet you there if that's ok?"

"But if you-"

"Don't worry. if I can't make it, I'll let you know." She confidently smiled that stupid smile that always had his eyes linger on her a little longer than he should have before she moved to walk back into the gym, leaving him standing there alone with his thoughts.