Summary : You are affected by a truth quirk, and some truths come out that makes you greatly embarrassed and causes your crush to go and comfort you.
Even when they have their cute moments, sometimes kids suck. And what's worse is that they don't mean to suck.
You were volunteering at a children's school with their arts and crafts club on certain weekends in hopes of making your resume better for when you would be looking for a part time job once you barely start as a hero. So when a kid told you that he had a new quirk that he was super proud of, you obviously asked him to show it to you.
You were expecting some little manic trick-like ability with his quirk that you could applaud him for, but when he excitedly tapped you on the shoulder, he was bouncing up and on his heels. You stood up straight, confused. "I don't understand. Did I miss it?"
You grinned and crazily shook his head. "What do you think about me?!"
"You're adorable and deserve to be coddled because you're one of the best kids here and one of the fastest learners. You're a lot better than some others."
You gasped as he giggled. "Thank you TA! I think you're super cool by the way."
"That actually makes me very happy since I strive to be accepted by others but don't feel good enough for anyone's approval." You were beginning to panic. "What's going on?!"
"My quirk is truth!" He opened his arms out wide. "Isn't it cool?!"
"I would like to say yes but right now I'm affected by it which makes me not want to like it."
He giggled once again. "My daddy said the same thing. But don't worry, it lasts just...mm, how many days are in a week again?"
"Yeah, yeah! Seven days. My other daddy says that I'll be able to make it last however I want when I'm older." You had a look of constipation due to trying not to panic, and he noticed. "I don't think you have to worry about it though, you're really cool to everyone and I think you mean it when you say nice stuff."
"That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me confidently." You smiled, opening your arms for a hug that he gladly ran into.
"You should probably take a break from here for the week. Maybe your school too. What if someone does something funny and their feelings get hurt if you say it badly?" He looked up at you and you smiled wider at him.
"You're completely right. I need to go before someone dresses in clown colors and asks me how they look." You both giggled, and you said your goodbyes before explaining to the teacher what had happened and went back to the dorms.
The next day, Monday, was a day you were dreading. You thought about it and decided not to go to class, but the only problem was that you were up early. You had adjusted to Bakugo forcing you up at the wee hours of the morning to get to school 'on time', meaning 45 minutes early. You knew you had to go back to sleep though, otherwise Bakugo will bang on your door and one poorly worded question later and you could be admitting your gigantic crush on him.
He and Kirishima were your best friends and actually your first friends as well, beforehand sitting alone and listening to music by yourself during the very beginning of school. You weren't good at initiating anything, and you could say that you were a bit of a late bloomer in the looks department. Though your mom swore that you grew into yourself during the summer, you still doubted your looks.
So friends were scarce when people were materialistic and didn't want to be seen with someone not at the beauty standard in middle school. Therefore, you assumed the same would happen at your new hero school. So when a short purple haired boy began sniffing your hair, you were, to say the least, horrified.
"UM could you leave me alone?! Please?!" You were panicking and didn't know what to do.
He waved you off. "It's fine, I'm just trying to be your friend." He grinned, putting his hand on your leg, you immediately moving your leg away. "Let me show you my quirk."
Though you stood up from the bench you were sitting on right outside of the school grounds, he still put one of his purple hair balls onto your leg, causing it to stick to the bench. You glared at him. "Unstick it."
"No way, you look mad." He was beginning to get nervous, but he really wanted to feel you up so he stood his ground.
You used your airbend quirk to slam him into the ground through the wind. "Now!"
"Just one chest touch and I will! I've dealt with worse, so unless you physically strangle me then I can go through it." You were visibly disgusted by everything about what he just said at the moment.
Mineta crossed his arms and closed his eyes smugly. Suddenly he felt a strong hand at the back of his neck grab him and pick him off the ground. "What did you say about strangling again small fry?"
Mineta looked horrified as he was eye to eye with Bakugo, Kirishima pouting behind him. "Not manly at all dude."
He threw him back to the ground next to your leg, and he quickly removed the ball and took off. You were so happy that someone had took you out of this horrifying situation that you hugged Bakugo by the neck. "Thank you so much!"
He pushed you off with a flamed face, not expecting something like that at all. "Get the hell off! And it wasn't that fantastic."
"Sorry!" You were sheepishly smiling. You made eye contact with Kirishima, who grinned and waved. You nervously chuckled and waved back. "Sorry, I'm usually not like this but that was a really creepy and gross situation that you guys got me out of. You're totally my heroes!"
Bakugo looked away and stuffed his hands into his pockets. "Whatever, I'm leaving." Kirishima told you goodbye and quickly followed him.
The next day was an unexpected thing, where you were walking to school alone when Kirishima called out to you.
"Heyyy!" You looked over and saw it was you that he was calling to. He immediately waved you over. "Sorry, I didn't get your name. Let's walk together!"
He did most of the talking, and you felt encouraged to talk back. Bakugo gave a comment here and there, and you found it interesting that he was paying attention to the conversation while also looking and acting disinterested. Kirishima called you over again for lunch and to walk home, and did the same the next day, and the day after that you just did so without him encouraging.
Three weeks later you had went to a fast food place to do weekend homework with them, sitting next to Bakugo while Kirishima was on the other side. You didn't really think about it since you just saw them as friends. That was until Kirishima asked about your quirk.
"I call it airbend. I can control the wind and sometimes make it sharp and able to cut things if I'm able to make it concentrated." You spun your pen around in the air before bringing it back to your hand.
"It's whatever." Bakugo mumbled.
You smiled at him, happy to see him speaking. "I mean, I hope I don't have to go up against Bakugo in class at least."
"Keh." He smirked, crossing his arms. "At least you know it."
"Cause I'm afraid of what I'll do to him."
You grinned, continuing. "What if he were to send an explosion towards me and I blow it back his way?" You put your hand over his eyebrows. "How do you think he'd look without eyebrows?"
You and Kirishima both laughed, and Bakugo grabbed your cheek between his fingers, gently pinching. "Oi. Don't touch my face and I won't touch yours."
You realized that his face was red, you assuming through embarrassment. His cheek pinch made you flustered too, causing you to take your hand away. "Sorry."
"And my explosions are too strong for some crappy breeze!" You immediately snickered, calming down once Bakugo went to his usual aggressive self.
That was the first moment you began feeling a different way towards him. Your crush had solidified weeks later, where the three of you planned to sleep over for a movie night. Bakugo had refused for you and Kirishima to meet his parents, and Kirishima had said that his parents didn't like that there was a girl sleeping over at their home.
"Really, you guys can have a guy night. I don't wanna be the reason for something to be canceled."
"We're not doing this without you dumbass, let's just do this at your house." You felt a little in distress about this, as you had lots of pictures of your younger self and your mom never knew when to stop talking. "You said your mom was your best friend, so why would she give a shit?"
"You paid attention to that?"
Me : You remember that sleep over thing? Me : My friends want to do it at our house 😶 Me : YOU CAN SAY NO
Mommers 🧓 : I have been waiting for this day to come ❤️ Mommers 🧓 : Tell them yes ;)
Me : I'm disowning you 😤😤
"She said yes." You said flatly, Kirishima cheering and Bakugo looking very smug. "But she's really weird and embarrassing! If she offers to show you pictures of me you guys better say no!"
You three walked to Kirishima's house, you introducing yourself to his parents so they could perhaps trust you a little more. They seemed nice, and you were surprised to see that they were fully okay with this being done at your house, claiming that it was best for a young girl to be where she knows her surroundings.
When you went to Bakugo's home you heard yelling and his mother bursted out. "I want to see!"
"Get back inside you old hag!"
She pushed him back into the house and rushed over to the two of you. "Hi, I'm Mitsuki! Don't worry about walking, I'll drive you."
Bakugo was angrily grumbling with his dad trailing behind him, waving you both off. As the angry blonde was about to open the shotgun door, his mom smacked the back of his head.
"The girl gets shotgun. She's going to give me directions." There was a pause between Bakugo holding the back of his head and his mom looking directly at him. "Well what the hell are you waiting for? Open the door for her!"
He angrily did so, and you smiled at him. "Such a gentleman—"
"Shut up." He pushed you into the car and slammed the door shut. You laughed. One thing you could appreciate about Bakugo was that he was just as rough and unapologetic with you as he was with your red headed friend. It made you feel like an equal friend.
All you did was tell her where you lived around, her spending the rest of the car ride asking you questions about yourself and what you thought of her son. You kept telling her good things, no matter how much she tried to spin it as a way to tease him. "You're very pretty by the way."
You assumed she was being nice, but it did make you sheepish nonetheless. "Ah, thank you haha."
"Keh, she's just saying that cause she gets grossed out by all those wrinkles in the mirror." You gasped as Mitsuki began yelling at Bakugo to shut up.
"It's fine, cause no matter what you say, I bet you agree with me." She smiled and you. "Ask him what he thinks about you. I bet he'd say the same thing in a rude way."
You nervously laughed. "It's okay, I think my pride can only take so much."
She hummed. "If you say so."
She then looked at Bakugo in the rear view mirror and smirked at her son's tomato red face that you weren't looking at. You told her where to stop and told her goodbye, getting out of the car first.
"Hey you," she turned and looked at Kirishima. "No matter what my son says, he actually cares about you. And don't let him screw it up with her, cause I know he likes her."
"That's not true!" He pushed his friend out of the car and went up your steps.
"Wait right here, I gotta clean real quick." You then rushed into the house to put away any pictures of your younger self. You thought of yourself as unattractive as of now, and you could only imagine what others thought of you in your younger years.
Kirishima didn't know what to say to Bakugo, so there was a piercing silence. After a moment, Bakugo finally said, "She wasn't lying."
The red head quickly turned to him, and at that moment you opened the door a little winded. "Come in!"
"House tour! House tour!" Kirishima chanted, trying to ease the tension that Bakugo was fumigating.
"Psh, there's nothing to see." You shrugged.
"Yeah, I'm just curious on what your room looks like." He smiled.
"My roo..." You thought about the amount of posters and drawings of bands, music artists, and movie posters were scattered in your room. That mixed in with your book collections and knick knacks made your face flame. "It's nothing interesting."
You mustered up a smile, and Bakugo scoffed. "If it's boring then you wouldn't have a problem showing us."
You grumbled. "You're too smart for your own good sometimes." You begrudgingly trudged your way to your room, opening the door and gesturing inside. "Judge away."
"Oh my God, look at all those hero plushies." Kirishima was teasing you, but the way he said it only put a smile on your face.
"But I got all the good ones!" You chuckled.
"But I don't see Endeavor?"
"Mm, just not a fan of his. There's something about him that's just offsetting for me." You turned around and saw Bakugo holding a picture of you and your mom from a few years ago. You took it from him without thinking, sad features noticably taking control of your face. You then heard the door open. "Oh, I think my mom's here. You guys should say hi."
You set the picture face down on your bed and walked away with Kirishima. Bakugo quietly put it back up from where it was standing and followed you two. You all went into the kitchen where your mom was setting down the bags of snacks.
"Y/n, why are there so many pictures missing—" She turned around and smugly smiled. "Well look at that, they do exist."
"I'm y/m/n (or whatever name you like)! It's amazing to meet you both." She looked at Kirishima. "I'm guessing your the one with the nice smile," Then to Bakugo. "And you're the one with subtle fashion style."
"You just..." You were so shocked at the moment. "You're the stuff of nightmares. I can't believe you."
"Well can you help me unpack please?"
"No." You whimpered, starting to help her.
"What kind of conversation was had about us?" Kirishima joked.
"She asked me to physically describe you guys! Why she didn't just say red head and blondie is because she's evil."
"Agree to disagree." She happily said. "Anyways, you boys make yourself at home and enjoy the snacks. I know y/n will."
They looked back at you to see if you would make a comeback. "Well yeah, since you never buy any for me."
"I only buy snacks for special reasons."
"I'm not a special reason?!"
"Nope." She gleefully claimed.
"Well, if you guys need me I'm going to be in my room."
"Yeah, back to the boiler room Freddie Krueger." She began walking away, sending Bakugo a smile. "Love you."
Once she left, Kirishima turned to you. "Not to be weird but your mom's really pretty."
"Yeah, I hear that a lot." You began to put some snacks in bowls, and they both looked at you expectantly. You looked up. "What?"
"That shit you said about us idiot." Bakugo stuffed his hands into his pockets and looked away.
"What else did you say?!"
"Kiri! Nothing, I said nothing. Only a comment or two about your nosiness." You passed him a bowl. "Chips?"
"Thanks." He gave you a big smile, and you giggled. You knew he was doing it to tease you about your comment about his smile.
"Get that thing away from me!" You said while laughing, pushing his face away.
"Just move the snacks to the damn living room okay?!" Though Bakugo didn't want to admit it, he was a little jealous at how easy it is for you to smile with Kirishima. He thought it was pretty pathetic of him.
You guys had watched movies and set up blankets for the three of you to sleep in the living room, and that's when Kirishima got a text. "Oh, Kaminari needs help on a game. I'm gonna step outside for a bit."
"Take your time." You said, finishing up the popcorn.
"I'm picking up. I'll be damned if I'm sleeping in a damn mess." You nodded, and the both of you began cleaning up. While you two were putting things back into the kitchen, he saw a picture of you and your mom at the movie theaters together. "Why did you put away pictures of yourself?"
The question took you by surprise, but you nervously laughed, not wanted to lie to him. "I mean, you saw the picture in my room. The answer is kinda obvious."
He looked angry, though you weren't sure for what. "No I fucking don't. I better be wrong with what I think you're implying."
"C'mon," you tried to laugh it off. "It's fine, some people are better looking than others. There's no need to bring the pictures thing up."
"Where are they? We're putting them back up."
"You're dumb as shit, cause I didn't see anything wrong in that old picture. You were pretty then and you're still pretty now, got it?" You said nothing due to not knowing what to say. "Answer me, dumbass!"
You smiled, giving him a hug. "Got it."
"When the fuck did I say you could be touchy?!"
"Shush, we're having a moment. Gimme piggy back." You threw your arms over his shoulders, chuckling at your own childishness.
He rolled his eyes, grumbling about how clingy you are at the moment, as he hoisted you onto his back, knocking on your mom's bedroom door. She happily gave him the pictures. You two began putting the pictures back where they originally were.
"What the hell was going on here?" He asked, holding a picture.
You laughed and told him about the story behind the picture, sighing happily as you turned to him. "Y'know, I'm very excited to make memories like this with you. Hopefully there'll be a lot of them, yeah?"
He looked away. "I'm not going anywhere dumbass, so that's a given."
Your face felt hot, and you tried to push away that exhilarating tightening in your chest. You jokingly said, "You have bad taste."
"I don't even know what you see in this." You gestured to a picture before staring at it. You felt like you looked really awkward compared to your mom, who looked amazing.
"Shut up!" He snatched the picture from you. "I like it cause it's you, and ugly doesn't come to mind when I think of you."
He placed the picture back up on the wall, turning to see you blushing and sheepishly grinning while looking downward. A small smile came to rest upon him as well when Kirishima came back inside. "What did I miss?"
"A picture. I wanna take a picture with you two." You gave Kirishima your phone and brought the two close to you.
Bakugo then went to the restroom, and Kirishima poked you. "So did I miss any romance between you two?" He chuckled as you thought about it. "Woah, that face is kinda telling me yes."
"Y'know, as my one of two best friends, I don't wanna lie to you. My feelings are going flip flop."
Your friend looked very excited. "I knew it! He probably did something very manly right now too, right? Well I'm glad you guys had your moment so you could figure out your feelings."
He gave you a big warm hug, and your mom popped out of nowhere to join the hug. "I 100% saw this coming. Also you have three best friends, cause I'm your number one."
"I guess I can be your back up choice from Bakugo, with my nice smile and all." He grinned and laughed loudly as you gasped with a big smile as well.
"Go away! Away with the evil smile!"
Your mom laughed and hugged you from behind your waist. "What the fuck did I miss?" Bakugo asked, now with a tank top and sweats.
"First of all, potty mouth. We speak clean in this house." Your mom stated. "And second, smiles convinced y/n to have a hang out with the kid he was on the phone with. She's finally going to stop being a hermit."
"Hah, sounds fun." You said miserably. Of course your mom would push you into being more sociable.
"Great, spark plugs is going to be following me now too." He looked at your mom, hesitantly saying in a quiet manner, "Uh, night."
"Good night! And good night to you two as well." She beamed at him before kissing your head and going to her room. She was content with Bakugo seemingly having eyes for you, since she could tell he was good deep down. You three then went to bed in the living room.
Back in the present time, you were cursing yourself for being wide awake at the moment. You were beyond hoping for Bakugo to not come. That was until you heard a bang at your door.
"Let's go." You said nothing, only stuffing your face in your pillow. "Oi, dumbass." Still no response. "I'm coming in, so you better not be fucking asleep!" He came in and watched you pretend to be asleep very poorly. He yanked off the blanket and you went tumbling onto the floor. "I can see right through that dumbass!"
You sat up on the floor. "Hi Katsuki. I shouldn't be at school today."
"Why the fuck not?" He looked down accusingly.
"I was hit by a truth quirk at that school that I volunteer at. It lasts for a week and I'm really scared that I'll say something bad or dumb in front of a lot of people. And you. Mainly you, cause I care about what you think."
You pouted at him as he extended a hand to bring you up. His face felt like it was getting hotter due to finding out about his importance with you. He knew he needed to push that aside and focus on the matter at hand with you. "Uh, it's not like it'll be unbearable while in class. Just get dressed. Try to not talk to anyone."
You nodded and quickly got into your uniform, walking alongside him. You looked extremely nervous, and it showed.
"Calm the hell down. You look like shit."
"I know I do! I always do. I feel like people are going to ask me a question and I'll say something rude."
"I'll shut you or them up before things come out, okay?"
"Okay." You smiled. "Small things like this just shows how heroic of a person you are, doing things out of kindness." You frowned, sighing. "I guess sometimes I just say things that come to mind. Once I start it's like I can't stop."
"Just...whatever." He grabbed your wrist when you went inside, dragging you towards Aizawa. "Tell him."
You explained to him the situation, and he told you it was fine and that he'd pass along the message to your other teachers. "Will that be all?"
"For today yeah. Sometimes I have the urge to go up and ask you if I should pick you up some tea in the morning. I heard that they help with sleepiness, and I'm worried about your sleep patterns. It makes me a little sad that you're not taking care of yourself since sleep is so important. Your eye bags could also really use—"
"Let's go." Bakugo yanked you over to your seat, plopping you down and sitting next to you.
You stared hard at your desk, slightly jumping when Mina slammed her hands on your desk to get your attention. "Hey, what's got you looking like Bakugo when Midiyoria breathes?"
"Well you see I was hit with this truth quirk and it lasts for a week and usually when people ask me something I'll say the truth but also through out random truths too and it's really problematic. Bakugo's supposed to stop me when I say too much. He's really nice and sweet and—"
"Oi." You snapped out of it and nodded, looking back down.
"I see." She put her hand on her chin. "I'll tell the others so we don't ask you revealing stuff."
"Thank you. That means a lot. Especially since you're my first lady friend. That's probably because I'm such an awkward loser who—"
"Stop." Bakugo pressed. You blushed hard, rubbing the back of your neck while you put your head on your desk.
You went through the day silently and didn't make eye contact with anyone. It brought down Bakugo's mood, reminding him of when you both first met, when you acted like this to everyone else. It made him frustrated that you were uncomfortable at the moment and there was nothing he could do about it.
"Hey man, y/n seemed pretty down today." Kirishima said to Bakugo, who did nothing but nod with a straight face. "You know how she doesn't eat when she gets down, so I'm gonna go get her something to eat." Bakugo sighed aggressively, putting on a jacket.
"Fine. We're going to that noodle place she likes so damn much for no fucking reason." Kirishima inwardly chuckled at how manly Bakugo was being. He offered to bring himself, no, demanded to bring himself, for the sake of making his future lady happy.
You heard a knock at your door, opening it to find Kirishima waving as Bakugo thrusted a bag of food in your arms. "That's really nice of you both! Well I always think you both are nice, with the small things about you two. Kinda like how you have gentle hands Katsuki, like they're rough and warm and—"
"And Eiji, your eyes, they look so comforting and kind, just like how you're comforting and kind. Gentle giants are usually the manliest of people since they're amazingly strong and also have a softer touch, and you have both of those—"
"Y/n, goddamn!" Bakugo slammed the door shut.
"She's so nice!" Kirishima said as they were walking back to the men's dorms. He gave Bakugo a thumbs up. "Good choice." He only grunted in response.
The next day at lunch you were looking for Bakugo at lunch, only finding Kaminari instead.
"Y/l/n! Over here!" You smiled and waved, coming over to him. "How are you doing? I bet the whole truth detector thing is pretty hard huh?"
"Yeah, very. I keep worrying that I'm gonna let my feelings for Bakugo slip."
You blushed madly, and Kaminari chuckled. "I totally knew it, and everybody else does too. Except Bakugo."
"I guess that's the important thing. It's also hard that I keep spouting out random things I think. I never compliment people this much, they must think I'm weird for thinking such specific things. Kinda like how I think your handsome. Really handsome. You also have a fun personality and can really make anyone laugh in some way. I think if you took a step back from the flirting then girls would feel more at ease around you and not make any bad assumptions, y'know? With that you could really score anyone you wanted. You can also play the guitar, which just kinda makes you more attractive. At least in my eyes it does. Like it goes from a cute face to sorta hot, but in like a way that—"
Bakugo grabbed your arm, causing you to stop talking. "Stop. Let's go." He glared back at Kaminari, whose face was in flames. "Hurry the hell up dunce face."
You sat at lunch in silence, your face extremely hot the whole time. Kaminari felt very bad, then realizing that he should have stopped you. He was too in shock to do anything, up until now having doubt in the back of his mind that girls just found him unappealing or unattractive.
Later on Bakugo was walking to your room with tupperware full of food when he saw Kaminari slip a piece of paper through your room. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Oh, hey Bakubro. Uh, I felt bad for letting her say all those things earlier today, and I know if I apologize to her face she'll start talking again. So I wrote her a sorry letter."
"Tch. Whatever." He passed by him and knocked on your door.
"Katsuki! Look what Kaminari gave me. He decorated the front of the folding with his name. I'm not gonna open it up for you just in case it's really personal though, cause that's not right. I'm pretty sure it's about everything I told him earlier. I think it's really sweet of him. Sometimes I feel like he might give Eijiro a run for his money in the kindness department."
You chuckled as Bakugo scowled. "Here. Start eating shit."
"Oh! Thank you Suki! I'm just worried that I'll bump into someone while I get dinner and I'll say something insensitive. Like I run into Mineta and he finds out how grossed out I am of him, cause he's a person with feelings too y'know? I worry so much that I lose my appetite." You whined quietly and looked down. "Sorry, too much."
"Stop worrying for no reason. I'll walk with you during dinner if it makes you that nervous." You grinned and nodded. He smirked. "Fine, don't even thank me or you'll give me your declaration of love or some shit." You waved him goodbye, and he closed the door. He flinched when he saw that Kaminari was still there. "What the hell are you still doing here?!"
"Waiting to walk back with you." Kaminari laughed. "Declaration of love." He mimiched, then laughing harder.
"Hey, don't worry. I'm rooting for you two." Bakugo's face was heated as he said nothing.
The next few days were extremely embarrassing for you. You outed out all your opinions towards your classmates that you would've never told them in such a blatant manner.
You told Iida that he had the brains to be anything he wanted to be and that you wondered if he looked like his brother without his glasses on, also telling him that you had a plushie of his brother sitting on your bed.
You told Mina that she had looks to kill and that her confidence could win her any argument for anything.
You told Todoroki that you would visibly cheer for him if he did anything to stick it to his dad.
You told Jiro that you secretly look up to her because of her confidence and chill style and how she seems like such an easily approachable person.
You informed Midiyoria that he was major eye candy when he genuinely smiled. This left Bakugo in an extremely sour mood for the rest of the day. You would later on tell him that you thought him and Ochaco would be a power couple, her being in the room when this was said.
You offended Aoyama when he asked you what you thought about him, you responding that you didn't really give much thought to him.
Everyone handled your verbal vomit well, but Mineta then decided to abuse the quirk that you were under. "So y/l/n, what color of panties are you wearing?"
"Grey." You immediately gasped as Bakugo bursted out of his seat.
"HAH?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Bakugo screamed. You used your airbend to slam the purple haired boy backwards.
"What color bra?" He quickly said.
"Black." You lifted him up in the air and slammed him down to the ground.
Bakugo yanked him up with one fist. "You disgusting fuck."
Aizawa then walked in through the door. "Would anybody like to tell me what's going on?"
Mineta then began spouting nonsense of his innocence. "Shut the hell up you fucking creep!" Bakugo yelled in his face.
"Start treating me with respect Bakugo, or I'll actually get serious." He said nervously. Bakugo scoffed, Mineta take great offense to it. "Fine then! Y/l/n, what are your feelings for Bakugo?"
"I'm certain that I'm in love with him. I think he's amazing and has the guts and spirit to become a true hero, which I adore about him. I don't want to tell him because I don't feel like I'm good enough for him. I feel like I'm too ugly and useless and my personality is just all around unappealing. I'm just emotional baggage and he knows it and everyone knows it. He deserves to be loved but I just don't see myself being loved back by anyone."
You gasped, already starting to tremble. Everyone was dead silent, and tears were already sliding down your race when you bolted out of the room. You didn't look back and kept running, slipping on the steps only to save yourself with your quirk, still running once you landed back on the ground. You then slipped again, not being able to catch yourself and scraping your knee, blood showing.
You felt arms picking you up, looking up to see Kirishima smiling pitifully down at you. You sniffled and tried to hold in your tears. "You can let it out. Don't hide your feelings from me, okay? I'll take you to your room."
You faintly saw your friends behind him before you vision blurred up and you began crying into Kirishima's shirt. They all went to your room, Kirishima setting you down onto your bed and cleaning up your wound before sticking a band aid on it. By then you had stopped crying.
"I'm pathetic." You stated weakly. "All I'm doing is causing worry and nobody deserves having to deal with me. You can all leave."
"None of us are leaving you." Sero said, plopping down on the ground against the bed. "We care about you a lot, so we'd never let you be sad by yourself. That's lonely." He stretched nonchalantly. "Let's watch a movie."
"I have a bigger monitor than this one," Kaminari said with his hand on his chin. "I could get mine, or we could take this to my room."
"We can go to yours." You quietly said. "I'm gonna bring a plushie cause hugging something gives me comfort."
You winced at your honesty, but everyone else smiled, suddenly going over to you in a group hug. You giggled at the sudden rush of them all. You brought your Fatgum plushie with you as you all sat in his room, Kaminari swinging an arm over your shoulder as a silent form of comfort. You smiled, extremely grateful for your friends.
Bakugo walked back to the dorms in a very frustrated manner. He needed to clear the air and make sure you knew he reciprocated the feelings. He would have never imagined you had felt so strongly about him, feeling even worse about not picking up on your equally strong insecurities. He was so wrapped up in his thoughts that he failed to notice Kirishima walking over to him.
"Bakugo, man, hey!" He said, smiling and waving. "Can I crash at your dorm room? I wanna be a good best friend."
His grin was somewhat relieving to Bakugo, making him be reminded of you. You were right, he really is unbelievably nice. "Keh, yeah, whatever. You'd just keep annoying me until I say yes anyway."
He wanted to be with someone, and Kirishima knew it. Bakugo felt happy that there was someone there for him at a time when it felt like everyone else was there for you, not that he opposed that at all. He felt more of a bad guy for making you cry about your insecurities when thinking of you two, and he was glad that people were comforting you when he couldn't. He only wanted to be comforted too, and Kirishima filling the silence about video games or some movie was perfect to him.
The next day you awoke under a blanket that was not yours. You caught a wiff of a man's smell from the blanket and looked around, realizing you were in Kaminari's room. You also realized that Kaminari himself was sleeping in a sleeping bag on the floor.
You got up and make him a nice breakfast in the kitchen, knowing that he got up a little later than you. You put them into containers and brought them into his room, setting them on his desk. You had earlier checked your phone to find a text from your mom saying that she was picking you up in a bit to spend the day together. You were first planning on eating with Kaminari, but due to this decided to just leave him to it and leave a note.
When he did get up he laughed when reading it: Dear Kami, Thank you for letting me sleep, you were a perfect gentleman. It's extremely exhausting crying so much, and I felt like really sleepy right when I calmed down. I don't know how Midiyoria does it without consistent naps. It's like a faucet that I don't know how to fix. Not that I'd want to personally fix it, but I'd rather leave that to Ochaco since they would make the most adorable pair. Flustering to no end with that relationship. I also now realize that I tell unnecessary truths on paper too. - Y/l/n
Later in the day Bakugo was pacing back and forth in the common area, holding flowers in his hand. Mina passed by, telling him that you were with your mom. Bakugo was steaming, worrying that the longer he waits the worse the outcome will be of you accepting his feelings instead of being blinded by your anxiety over yourself. Kirishima calmed him down, his mind clearing enough to then write a note ("I want to talk tomorrow. Please.") and leave it at the front of your door.
Me : The truth quirk wore off
Tsundere Suki 🧨 : I'm coming over
You dreaded what this talk would be like. You were so stressed, your throat felt hard and breathing felt somewhat painful. You already felt tears forming in your eyes when you heard an aggressive knock. You opened and said nothing as you stepped aside. He held a bag in his hand as he stepped in. You didn't notice him put it on the ground while you closed the door, turning around to be caught in a hug. "Don't cry. You're too beautiful for a puffy face."
"Suki." You quietly said, snuggling yourself into the hug. "I'm sorry. I didn't want you to find out. I just wanted to get over it so I wouldn't ruin our friendship."
"Hey, cut that shit." He gently squeezed you before pulling back to look you in the eyes. "Did you ever stop to think that maybe I could like your dumb ass too, huh?" You looked at him, wide eyed, and shook your head. He smiled, a genuine smile without any malice behind it. "Idiot. I've loved you since you touched my face with your soft hands. Back when you talked about burning my eyebrows."
He had decided to go for it before he could see your reaction, giving you an aggressive kiss on the cheek. He thought that this would be the best thing to do. In actuality he wanted to make out with you on your bed until you both couldn't breathe, but he had to be a gentleman. He wasn't going to mess this up.
He then felt a gentle press onto his lips, your lips feeling so soft and fragile. His carefulness about this immediately went out the window due to your gentle kiss. He knew you weren't as fragile as it seemed on the outside, so he deepened the kiss. You returned his passion, eventually having to separate for air.
"Katsuki!" You exclaimed, throwing yourself into a hug. He chuckled as you made a short little squeal.
"We're getting some things straight." You pulled back to listen, giddy yet trying to keep a straight face. "You're never calling me Bakugo again," you giggled, nodding along. "And you're gonna eat regularly. You're gorgeous, but you look sad as shit when you don't eat. I only accept women who are well fed."
He touched your cheek, brushing it with his knuckles, and you happily smiled as you leaned into his touch. You quietly responded, "Okay."
"Good. We're eating now." You both sat down on the ground against the bed as Bakugo took out food from his bag. He was eating too, which meant that he waited to eat for you. Your heart and face felt very warm, but you kept your composure and told him about your day yesterday, him leaning in closer to listen.
The next day you gave everyone you told weird things to apology gifts. You walked in class and handed Aizawa a cup of tea, awkwardly laughing. He accepted it and thanked you nonchalantly. You then made the rounds to give everyone their things.
You gave Todoroki information that you got from the tech department on how to make his outfit better fire proof wise. You gave Mina a shirt from a brand she loved. Aoyama was extremely happy with the list you made him of his good traits, claiming that he was happy for you in that you finally noticed.
Kirishima received a video game gift card for his new console. Jiro got a poster for one of the rock bands she likes, and Kaminari was ecstatic that he finally got a new guitar strap that could replace the old worn out one. You didn't get an actual chuckle from Iida when you gave him a plushie of his brother as a hero, but you could tell that he was trying to keep his composure.
Midiyoria received a new notebook for his hero and villain analysis, this book being themed in sections by heroes. You also gave Ochaco a gift card for a noodle shop and suggested to her that she and Midiyoria could go, as there was about enough for two meals.
You made your way to give everyone their gifts in the most awkward way possible as Bakugo took his seat and watched you, having insisting beforehand to him that you do this alone. You were muttering apologies to everyone as well. What you didn't expect was that once you went over shakily to your seat there would be a moment of silence before the Bakusquad jumped over to your desk and gave you a group hug.
"Oi! Give her some damn space!" Bakugo yelled.
"Says you." Sero said teasingly. "You should be in her little space as her boyfriend. Be more affectionate. She's amazing, you should be groveling at your feet right now." Sero then winked at you from the compliment.
"HAH?! I can act however the fuck I want to with my girlfriend!" More hollering exploded as you giggled, your face feeling as hot as ever.
Midiyoria tapped on your shoulder while your friends swarmed Bakugo. You turned to face him. "Would it be okay if you were the first person I did my notes on? Since you gave me this book."
You smiled and nodded as he began asking you questions after question about your quirk. Bakugo quickly noticed that you and him were having a conversation before you others followed his line of vision, hollering in laughter and teasing Bakugo about his already jealousy.
Then the bell rang and Aizawa shushed the class before beginning the lesson, you and Bakugo making eye contact and smiling at each other. You could hardly pay attention with the plan Bakugo had for you two after school, daydreaming about what would later be your first date.