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Shigaraki didn’t have to step into that fight. All he knew was that Bakugou was caught in the middle of a big commotion, and punches were being thrown. “Hey, why don’t you calm down before–” … before he did something to get himself thrown out, was what he was trying to say. He didn’t get to finish his sentence because the other person decked him, knocking him back into Bakugou. He heard and felt something snap,causing his face to burn with pain. He reflexively grabbed hold, covering his nose as he toppled backward with little hope of keeping his balance. Already sickly and relatively weak, he was lucky that the blow didn’t have him down for the count.
Soon enough, all three of them were thrown out of the club for the night, with the person who threw the punch banned permanently. Shigaraki and Bakugou were lucky; comparatively, their punishment was just a slap on the wrist. They were kind enough to at least provide an ice pack, though, which Shigaraki held to his nose with a groan of pain and relief. “That really hurt…” he laughed. Then he felt something trickling from his nose. He removed the ice pack and grabbed his handkerchief to blow into before he realized it was probably blood. He froze in place, looking at Bakugou. “How bad is it?” He turned his head to look in a store window, seeing that his nose was now slightly crooked and bloody. “I should probably have that set as soon as possible…” he frowned. “Unless you could kiss it better?”
He’d only meant it as a joke, of course. Even after taking that punch for him, Bakugou didn’t seem like the person who would want any debts, regardless of how silly his repayment would be. Laughing, Shigaraki kissed him on the cheek, going back to holding the ice pack over his nose. “You’re welcome, by the way. That could have gone a lot worse.”
Bakugou didn’t ask him to step in. Sure as hell didn’t need him to either. It didn’t involve him in the first damn place. But then Shigaraki had to go and try to break up one of his fights and Bakugou almost felt bad for what happened next.
Bakugou was less than impressed about being kicked out. He was only a few drinks in, barely riding on a buzz, and his night was coming to an end far too early. The club manager sure as hell would be hearing about it, and by tomorrow night they’d be begging at his Goddamn feet for forgiveness.
Scowling down at his phone, he glanced up once his company spoke up. “I had it,” he insisted. The last thing he wanted was for this bastard to go and get his face punched in. Unlike Bakugou, he couldn’t afford to take a hit.
“It’s fucking broken, that’s how bad,” he muttered. It did look pretty bad, and maybe he felt a little bad about it. But he wasn’t the one who decided to break up a fight with his face. “I can get someone down to reset it for you.” Maybe he should count his blessings. After all, it wasn’t like he could afford to get a broken nose himself. His agent would freak. Pausing in his texting, Bakugou scowled at the man. “I’m not fucking ‘kissing it better’. What are you, twelve?”
Then Shigaraki went and kissed his cheek, and Bakugou scrunched up his face. God, he could feel the blood left on his face. “Gee, thanks,” he drawled, rolling his eyes. “I don’t think it works that way. And yeah, sure, ‘thanks’. Sorry that jackass used your face as a fucking sandbag. Other than your fucked up nose, your head alright? I don’t want to have to scrape your ass off the pavement and carry you to hospital.”













