Katsuki Bakugo x Reader | Childhood Friends/College AU (Ft. Izuku Midoriya) Part 4
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“Tell me. Why were you with that damn nerd?” Bakugo questions with that intense look in his eyes.
“We were just having a study session and hanging out at the same time” you reply.
“Just? That looked more like a date.”
“It wasn’t! And why are you making such a big deal out of it?”
“I’m not.”
“Yes, you are.” Silence follows… “Well? Are you going to explain it to me?”
“You lied.”
“What?”
“You said you couldn’t hang out because you were ‘studying’”
“I was!”
“Uh huh, I saw you giggling more than I saw you pick up a damn pencil.”
“That’s why it was a study session AND a hang out.”
“You never mentioned it would be with Midoriya though.”
“Does it really matter? He’s my friend too, and he was helping me.”
“Well, I could’ve helped you too y'know.”
“Bakugo, the point was that me and Midoriya were going to hang out and study. We’ve never really hung out before. I see you and hear from you almost everyday!”
“So you’re tired of me, is that it?”
“What? No, stop putting words in my mouth-”
“Sounds like that to me.” Bakugo turns his back towards you to leave, “Go have fun with your little ‘date’” That’s when something clicked in your head.
“You’re jealous. Aren’t you?” Bakugo tenses as he hears the word “jealous” come out of your mouth and he turns around to face you. “That’s why you always act weirdly around Midoriya-”
“I’m not. I-” Just as Bakugo was about to say what he felt, he held back. He couldn’t get the words out of his mouth, he couldn’t even look at you actually. All his anger disappeared for a moment and instead felt vulnerable.
“You what?”
“Nevermind.” He turns around and tries to shrug off the feeling. He couldn’t stay here any longer, he has to leave before he says something he doesn’t want to admit. You watch as he starts walking away and you step forward to grab onto his arm.
“Katsuki…” As his name slips out of your mouth, he gets goosebumps at hearing it. You hadn’t called him that in a while, and as the realization settles in, Oh god. You haven’t called him that since you both- You immediately let go of his arm and you feel as your heart pounds loudly in your chest. Bakugo takes it as a sign to actually leave this time, and he does.
You stand there watching as he walks away while you try to calm your racing heart. You couldn’t believe you just let it slip like that. You take a few minutes to calm down and then walk back into the cafe. There you see Midoriya, completely engrossed in his laptop. You walk up to your shared table and gather up your things.
“Oh, hey! How’d it go?” Midoriya asks as he finally looks up at you.
“It was… I don’t even know actually,” you reply not being able to even look at him.
“I’m really sorry Y/n. I didn’t mean to cause all this-”
“It’s okay! It’s not your fault, Bakugo is just being… a little strange.”
“Strange how?”
“I don’t know, but it’s not your fault,” you pack up the last of your things. “I’m going to go now, okay?” Midoriya nods, understanding you might need some time to yourself, “Thanks for everything” you make your way out of the cafe and walk back to your car.
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It’s been a week since you last talked to Bakugo. There’s always this unbearable silence between you two now. He still waits for you outside of your class, but every walk together is silent. Was hanging out with Midoriya that bad? No… there has to be something deeper to this. Something he hasn’t told you yet.
The group has started to notice this distance between you both too. Kirishima was the first to notice & then the rest followed along. Of course, they didn’t want to ask, Bakugo would immediately shut down the conversation anyways. They thought maybe you both just needed a little space? Everything will go back to normal with time, right..?
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You lay on your bed doomscrolling through various videos. You find a silly one and you immediately think of sharing it with Bakugo. Your finger hovers over the “send” button, you sigh as you back out on the idea of sending it to him. What if this was it? Your friendship with Bakugo is officially over. No… it can’t be. You’ve known each other far too long to let things just end this way. You both know too much about each other.
You decide to text the next person who's gotten along really well with Bakugo. You go through your contacts and there he is. You click on the nickname “Kiri”, you don’t mean to turn Kiri into you and Bakugo’s “little messenger”, but if anyone besides you can get through Bakugo, it’s him.
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Texts (Kirishima)
Y/n:
Kiriii
Kirishima:
Hey Y/n
What’s up?
Y/n:
Are you busy?
Kirishima:
Not really, I’m at the gym
Taking a little water break
Y/n:
Is Bakugo there?
Kirishima:
Yeah, he is
Do you want me to pass him to you?
Y/n:
NO NO
I was just wondering
Kirishima:
Wondering? About Bakugo?
Y/n:
I just wanted to ask you if you could maybe talk to him?
Kirishima:
Talk to him?
Y/n, I’ve been trying to!
I barely even convinced him to come with me to the gym
Y/n:
Oh
Kirishima:
What do you want me to talk to him about?
Y/n:
Could you try asking him about me and him?
Like what’s going on between us
But don’t tell him I told you to!
Kirishima:
Y/n, I might be good friends with Bakugo but I have a feeling he’ll KILL me if I even dare
Y/n:
He won’t I promise!
But hypothetically if you had one last thing to say to your family what would it be
Kirishima:
Y/N
Y/n:
Pleaseee? 🙁
I’ll buy you that manga you’ve been talking about
Kirishima:
Tempting
But this is Bakugo we’re talking about
I need at least two extra volumes added to that
Y/n:
FINEEE
You got it
So, can you?
Kirishima:
I’ll see what I can do…
Y/n:
Thank you so much Kiri!!!
You’re the best 🥹
I’ll order your manga right now, promise
• Written by Sungloow
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