i really saved her
ᝰ.ᐟ꩜ SYNOPSIS :: the popular boy, katsuki bakugou never thought he would’ve ended up liking someone like… you.
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chapter 1: his little crush
you. you were… not much, to be honest. you’ve always been out of the picture in every school you went to. you weren’t popular, didn’t catch too much attention unless your class, class 4-A was famous for defeating another bad guy. truthfully, you were fine with your two friends, mina ashido and momo yaoyorozu. so why the hell did you catch the most popular boy in your school’s attention? katsuki bakugou; spiky short blond hair, hot sharp looks, fit yet modest tall body. he was a jack of all trades, and was apparently attractive to both girls and guys at school. i mean, who wouldn’t want a short-tempered boy, who stays to himself and loves cooking? that was bakugou. the same bakugou walking over to you.
“hey,” he called to you after dismissing the other popular kids in your class, lifting the cap on his squeeze gatorade bottle. he gestured it towards you, wanting—no, hoping you’d take his offer. after all, the whole class had run one too many laps. “need some?”
you were hunched over with your hands on your knees. you looked up to see bakugou offering you his water bottle, it shocked you a little as you grabbed the water hesitantly, accidentally touching hands with him. he smirked when you accidentally touched his hand. you tilted your head back a little as the water squirted out of the bottle into your mouth. you swallowed the water breathlessly, handing the water bottle back to him.
“thank you,” you huffed, wiping the water that split on the side of your face. he watched you as he knew you needed the water. you were very fast, nearly faster than bakugou himself. he was almost a little cocky now, seeing how you were almost quicker than him. he hummed in acknowledgment to your ‘thank you’.
“impressive. you’re fast, i’ll give you that…” he teased slightly, flipping the cap back on his water bottle and taking a long gulp, “but i’m sure i can still beat you in a race.”
your eyes widened at the compliment he gave you, making you crack a small smile.
“thank you. and yeah, i’m sure you can beat me any day,” you picked up your gym bag and threw it over your shoulder.
he smirked and hummed arrogantly, shoving his hands in his pockets. “you’re damn right i can.” he scoffed in confidence, he couldn’t help but notice that smile, how small it was. it made something in his stomach stir. he glanced to the side for a moment, before he looked back over at you. “maybe we can race monday,” he suggested before walking away with kirishima, kaminari, and sero. they all stared at him with knowing looks in their eyes to the conversation he just had with you.
your stomach twisted a little when he planned on racing you. you walked out of the gym, going a different way from bakugou so his friends couldn’t catch more glances at you. you ended up going to the dorms. “thank goodness tomorrow’s friday.” you thought to yourself. you opened the door to your dorm and placed your bag down to get ready for your shower. once you got out of the shower, you put on some black sweatpants and a black sports bra.
you checked your phone to see text messages from mina and yaoyorozu talking about movie night. even though it’s thursday and usually the class watches a movie on friday, you still agreed to go. you left the dorm room and noticed bakugou leaving his dorm too.
he stretched as he walked out of his dorm, running a hand through his spiky hair. it was a little damp, signaling he had just taken a shower. his eyes widened slightly when he saw you walking out of your room as well. he paused for a moment contemplating whether or not he should say something or not before he decided to push forward.
“hey,” he spoke up, getting your attention. you turned back to see him with only black sweatpants on. his v-line was exposed and his usual spiky hair was a little curled up at the top from his shower.
“oh hey,” you smiled. he could tell you were nervous just from the appearance of you. though, something about the fact you were nervous just made him feel…happy? he smirked with a raised eyebrow, shoving his hands in his pockets as he leaned his shoulder against the wall.
“where you heading?” he questioned, a slightly teasing tone in his voice.
“oh, the class is having a movie night in the common area and they wanted me to come watch the movie with them.” you pointed over to the elevator you were headed to.
he hummed, looking in the direction of the elevator for a moment before looking back at you. he paused for a moment, contemplating something. after a few seconds, he pushed off the wall he was leaning on and smirked. “sounds fun, guess i’ll join you.” he replied cooly.
“okayy,” you smiled, and you both stepped into the elevator. you were a little nervous about the reactions that would be on everyone's faces once they saw you and bakugou exiting off the elevator together.
he pressed the down button, stepping in after you. he could tell you were nervous. “you scared or somethin’?” he teased, smirking at you. he leaned back against the rail, his arms holding onto it behind him.
you looked over at him, a little annoyed at how strangely observant he was. “just a little,” you gulped, watching the elevator door close.
he chuckled quietly, tilting his head slightly. “there’s nothin’ you should be worrying about,” he spoke casually as the elevator made a soft ding, signaling they had arrived on the main floor. “if they say anything i’ll deal with 'em so no need to be worrying,”
you both walked out of the elevator and into the common area. the others paused, staring directly at the two of you. you fastened your pace and moved to sit at the end of the couch, pulling a cover over you that you found right next to you. bakugou followed right behind you, sitting on the couch, but with enough space between the two of you.
the others were still looking at you guys with questioning looks, some even looked.. surprised. before you even opened your mouth to say something, the lights turned off and the movie started. you looked around every once in a while to find mina and yaoyorozu. bakugou leaned back on the couch, his arms folded over his chest as he looked up at the screen. from time to time, his eyes would glance over to you and linger for a moment before looking back at the screen. meanwhile, you pulled out your phone to text mina and yaoyorozu in the group chat you three had together.
go piss girl 💫👅:
you: guyssssss
you: where are you at??? i thought we were gonna watch the movie TOGETHER
mina: girll we see you over there with bakugou!!
mina: go have some fun girlly😉
yo-momo: yess but not too much fun
yo-momo: i heard he’s a f-boy 🤫
you: omg you guys are literally insane
bakugou glanced over at you, he could see your phone screen from the corner of his eye for a second. he faintly saw a part of the group chat, but couldn’t read the text. he raised an eyebrow curiously. he was quiet for a moment, then decided to speak up.
“why aren’t you watching the movie, idiot?” he asked, leaning a little closer to try to read the messages.
you quickly turned your phone off, and you looked over at him, “i was just asking where mina and yaoyorozu were,” you whispered, focusing back on the movie.
he hummed and leaned back again, a little suspicious of why you were hiding your screen from him. he was staring at you intently, trying to read you. while looking at you, he noticed the sports bra you had on and how it was holding your boobs up well, making him look down for a split second. but you noticed it, making you self-conscious about the sports bra you had on and covered yourself up with the blanket. once he noticed your actions he chuckled quietly. obviously amused by how embarrassed you were from him looking at you.
“relax,” he spoke quietly, “it’s just a sports bra. you’re acting like it’s something bad,” he teased slyly.
“i’m just cold,” you lied. even though it was always cold in the common area, that wasn’t the reason why you were covering up this time.
he hummed with a smirk plastered on his face. he could tell you were lying, but let it slide.
“then c’mere,” he pulled you closer, closing the gap between you two that had been made on the couch earlier.
as you got pulled in, you were a little flustered. he was pretty touchy yet calm towards you. almost like you didn’t just start talking to each other today. but you didn’t mind since he was really warm and comfortable. he wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you in closer to him as he looked down at you to make sure you were comfortable.
“is that better?” his voice gruff, but his tone soft.
“yeah thanks,” you giggled, giving him a smile once more.
the corner of his lips perked up, his eyes going back to the movie. he glanced down at you every once in a while, looking down at the way you were resting on his bare chest. his smirk returned when he realized he was actually enjoying this. you two continued watching the movie until it was cut short by mr. aizawa turning the lights on and unplugging the tv cord.
"you all must’ve forgotten today is only thursday and not friday,” he sighed. “get to your dorms, everyone will be running laps first thing in the morning,” he ordered with his hands in his pockets. bakugou and everyone else groaned in displeasure. the last thing everyone wanted to do was laps first thing in the morning.
he looked down at you, “great,” he huffed sarcastically. he lifted his hand that was around your waist and stood up shoving his hands in his pants. everyone went to their dorm rooms. the elevator filled up with students. on each floor everyone left only leaving you and bakugou on the third floor walking out of the elevator together.
“see you in the morning, gotta wake up early for those stupid ass laps,” he reminded you.
“oh yeah, see ya in the morning,” you whined, opening your door and closing it behind you.
he watched you step into your dorm, closing the door behind you. he stared at the door you had just closed for a few seconds before he sighed and walked into his own dorm room. you hopped onto the bed and thought about the night you had with bakugou.
“it’s probably just him being friendly or something,” you thought to yourself, trying not to get yourself hyped about nothing. “but why would he suddenly want to be near me out of nowhere?” you questioned. you decided to brush it off and head to sleep for the night.
bakugou laid in his own bed, staring up at the ceiling with both hands behind his head. he couldn’t stop thinking about you, and how weirdly comfortable you were on his chest. he’s never experienced anything like this before, the feeling you gave him was strange. a good strange, he could still feel the warmth of your body on him. after tossing and turning for a while, he finally managed to fall asleep.
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it was now morning again. you and bakugou were neck and neck running laps once again. he exhaled heavily as he ran, his breathing becoming uneven. he could hear your footsteps behind him, and that motivated him to run faster. the coach finally blew the whistle, letting the class know that you guys could now rest. you went to your gym bag trying to find your water bottle realizing that once again you forgot it.
bakugou went to grab his water bottle and take a sip, but he noticed you didn’t have yours again. he paused for a moment, an idea going off in his head so he could find a way to talk to you. he walked up to you, handing you his water bottle. you looked up at him again, this time smiling when you grabbed the water bottle and squirted the water in your mouth and handed it back to him.
“thanks…again,” you giggled, knowing a part of you left your water bottle on purpose this morning.
“yeah whatever. you really need to start remembering to bring your water. i won’t always be here to save the day,” he chuckled with a cocky tone.
“yeah sure,” you let out a small laugh and picked up your bag. once the bell rang, you left the gym and went to the locker room to take a shower before class started.
bakugou watched you leave with a smirk as he picked up his own bag. once you were out of sight, he went back to the dorms to shower and get changed before heading to class as well. he got to class and sat at his seat. class seemed to be going by faster for him today. his mind occasionally drifted off thinking about you and the feeling you gave him the previous night, and this morning. he just couldn’t seem to get you off his mind.
you two both took notes the entire class until finally the bell rang. bakugou waited patiently until class was over to talk to you. he could see you packing your stuff into your book bag, and he got up from his seat and walked over to you. he stood right in front of your desk, his hands in his pockets as usual looking down at you.
“i'm waiting for you, slow-poke.”
you looked up at him and smiled, “oh, sorry,” you stood up out of your chair and pushed it into the desk. a smirk appeared on his face when you fastened your pace. he walked with you out of the classroom, keeping his hands in his pockets the whole time. he looked down at you with a curious but knowing look.
“you always seem to forget your water, you need to stay hydrated for class,” he teased his usual cocky smirk on his face.
you snickered a little. “i just always forget to grab it somehow,” you shrugged your shoulders.
he rolled his eyes when you snickered, but a small smirk remained on his face. “yeah whatever.” he walked with you outside, looking down at you while he asked you a question.
“you doing anything tomorrow?” he asked, a hint of curiosity in his eyes. he really wanted to spend more time with you, but it seemed like you were always surrounded by other people, and he wasn’t sure how to make an excuse to get you alone with him for a decent amount of time.
“uhh,” you thought, “nope, i’m free,” you confirmed, still remembering if you had plans or not.
“good. i’ll be able to spend time with you then.” he stated with a little tease in his tone. he already had a few ideas on how to get you alone with him tomorrow.
“there’s this new shop that opened that's like a ten-minute walk, and it has all types of spicy ramen noodles and boba. we should go there!” you advised as you both stepped into heights alliance. you both then went to the elevator and went to the third floor.
“oh really?” he wondered, tilting his head slightly intrigued. “how much spice tolerance do you got?” he teased, leaning against the elevator railing.
“it’s pretty weak,” you laughed. “i can take a couple of bites then it just becomes too much.”
“a couple bites? that’s pathetic. i can handle spice just fine,” he bragged.
“we’ll see…” you laughed as the door slid open and you stepped out of the elevator. “what time do you wanna go? maybe noon?” you looked at him.
“yeah noon sounds good, i’ll pick you up from your dorm,” he added, shoving his hands into his pockets.
“okay sounds great,” you smiled hard as you walked into your dorm saying your goodbyes. when the door closed you jumped up and down excitedly. in the way you thought about it, you were basically going on a date with KATSUKI BAKUGOU!
he watched you walk into your dorm and close the door. the smirk on his face only grew when he saw how you were trying to hide your excitement. he chuckled to himself before turning around and walking into his own room. once he was in his dorm, he thought to himself.
“about damn time i get some time alone with her for more than five minutes.”
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