"Ugh," Sero groans from his bedroom. There's a long beat of silence before he groans again, louder this time. "I said ugh."
You look up from your phone, letting your head drop back and over the arm of the couch. From down the hall, you can hear your friend scrounging around, doing... something. It sounds like he may be jumping or hitting the floor.
The two of you are supposed to be across town in 8 minutes. The apology text has already been sent to the group; none of them believe it's Sero that's holding you two up.
Mina: -he wants to look nice for our double date ;)
You roll your eyes at that.
Kirishima: hahaha why ew?
That doesn't dignify a response. The vouple have been dying for either you or Sero to get into a relationship for years now; the two of you dating each other would just be best case scenario for them.
"Hanta, hello!" you call. "What's your problem?'
When he staggers out of his room, comically bowlegged, you nearly blink your eyes out of your head. Tight is an understatement.
"You cannot wear those," you cringe. "They don't fit."
"Your balls are vacuum sealed." You point as ahrd as you can, arm and finger straight. "I can literally see the shape of your dick."
Sero's split lip sneer immediately closes. It takes him a moment to react, but then he's scrambling to undo his jeans.
"No!" He kicks a leg out and you squeal in horror, covering your eyes, but not before getting a glimpse of his 'lucky' green briefs. "These are my loose pants! What happened?"
You know exactly what happened. This past couple of months had been more relaxed than usual; instead of his runs, the two of you had been hitting the ice cream shop down the street. On his off days, you had convinced him to watch movies or hit the mall or whatever other stupid thing you wanted to do instead of meal prepping.
"It's no big deal. It's just pants. You still look good," you shrug. "I've gained weight too."
"Yeah, but you got sexier, it's different," Sero says it so dismissively that you almost don't register what he said. The hand covering your eyes pulls away so you can stare at him in confusion.
Sero had just discarded his top when his own words hit him. Even with the extra weight on his frame, he's still built long, just with a bit of extra padding around the middle. His arms are slightly bigger, filling out his sleeves.
"I mean, you look-- you look really good lately, with the extra--" His cheeks have flushed red and it goes all the way down his chest. "I'm getting clothes before I dig myself into a hole."
By the time he's settled, the two of you hurry to the train station. Neither of you acknowledge the comment he made earlier, but you can feel ot hanging there between you.
"Mina," you ask later, once enough alcohol had his your system. "I think Sero's attracted to me."
She laughs so hard she nearly topples over. "Yeah, girl. We know."
"What do you mean 'we know?'" "He's my best friend, he can't think I'm sexy."
"Oh, he can think you're sexy: he just can't act on it."
