Kirishima x Reader // "Sometimes I'm Alone in a Crowd"

Chapter 3

"Tch...idiot isn't even worth my time." Ultimately he decided against confronting the woman on the other side of the room. He really did like the bands playing and did not want to get kicked out, and if his roommate was serious about asking this chick out at some point, he wasn't going to risk burning the bridge between himself and Kirishima by sticking his nose where it didn't technically belong. He was one of the few people that actually stood by Bakugou through years of shitty behavior. Even if he didn't act like it all the time, he was appreciative of Kirishima's dedication to sticking around...even if he didn't necessarily deserve it.

The rest of the night went on without drama. Things got heated when the main band came on stage, a metal band that was steadily growing in popularity. A small mosh pit opened up in the middle, giving Bakugou an outlet for his current frustrations. Jirou knew well enough to stand far back from the group, but Ryuko on the other side stood just a bit closer so she could still view the stage. Unfortunately for her, a particularly drunk man stumbled backwards suddenly after losing his footing on the sticky floor, knocking her back on her ass and causing her drink to splash onto yet another guy standing behind her.

"Ow! Dude please get off me!" She attempted to push the fallen man off her, but he had practically passed out on top of her and was much bigger and heavier to boot.

"Oi, fuckface! Shove off!" A black combat boot came crashing in from the side and promptly kicked the guy off Ryuko. He bent down and extended a sweaty hand towards her in an attempt to help her up. "Are you just going to stay on the floor like an idiot then?"

She hated accepting help from anyone, especially from a hotheaded moron. Maybe he was making amends for acting like an ass this morning, and she wasn't going to hold a childish grudge over one incident, so she accepted his hand with a grunt as he pulled her up off the sticky concert floor.

However, before either of them could say anything, a loud AHEM sounded behind them. Ryuko looked over to see the same gross looking guy that hit on her at the bar, but this time he looked very pissed off...and was dripping with her spilled drink.

"Now, you owe ME a drink!" He gave her a crooked smirk which made her throat taste like bile.

"OK one: I told you earlier to leave me alone. TWO, make this drunk idiot on the floor pay for your drink, he's the one that made me spill it. Three: I don't owe you jack shit, which circles back to one...leave me alone." She angrily counted off with her fingers, pointing accusingly at the angry man in front of her while Bakugou looked on awkwardly as this chick told the guy off in a slightly amusing way.

"Wh-get back here you bitch! Don't wa-" He attempted to walk after the woman that made him look like a fool in the middle of a concert, but his foot caught on something suspiciously shaped like a boot. He toppled over, landing on the drunken man still passed out on the floor that started this whole mess. Bakugou smirked to himself as he disappeared back into the crowd.

"Where were you? I heard shouting and assumed that it somehow involved you..." Jirou found Bakugou among the crowd, following him back to a dimly lit corner so he could tell her what he witnessed.

"Woah, she sounds kinda badass, I like her. If Kirishima can work up the nerve to ask her out I'll have another concert buddy."

"Am I not good enough?!"

"You are a last resort." Bakugou once again had an incredulous look on his face, Jirou enjoying whenever she got the last quip in. Her eyes glanced over Bakugou's shoulder though, and pointed subtly so he could see her hand gesture. The blonde steeled his features and looked over his shoulder to see the object of today's frustrations coming towards them.

"Fucking hell I don't want to deal with this shit..." She stopped a few feet away from Jirou and Bakugou, looking back and forth between the two, the look on her face suggesting she was considering what she was about to say. She turned towards Bakugou, his expression softening into just mild irritation.