A/N: Lemme tell y'all, picking the music for this chapter was a STRUGGLE.
Ok, so! Hitomi and Bakugou have an hour left to burn, so what do they do? Is that title foreshadowing, I wonder...
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"Okay," Hitomi said as she sprung up from the bench, "I have an idea for what we can do next. Unless... there's anything you want to do...?"
Bakugou shrugged. "I don't really care. As long as it's not stupid like a 'Tunnel of Love' or some shit."
Hitomi turned away, feeling her face burn as she nervously laughed. "Oh please. There's no way I'd put myself through that with you."
"The fuck is that supposed to mean?!"
Hitomi waved him off. "I mean we'd both get annoyed. It'd be a waste of time."
The fact that you even mentioned that makes it sound like a date...
"Anyways, it's not that. We just have to walk in that direction," Hitomi pointed somewhere, "and it'll be straight up ahead. I bet it'll be super fun, I promise!"
...
It was about a three-minute walk before they stopped in front of a large roller coaster.
"Ta-da!" Hitomi exclaimed. "They call it the 'Hovercoaster'! Apparently after they studied Magnetism type quirks they used that research to create this ride! I read about it while we were eating."
Hitomi turned away from Bakugou to get in line, seeing the wait time was only 10 minutes.
"Oi."
The bluenette stopped in her tracks, turning around to hear what her companion had to say.
"You're not seriously planning on going on that thing after eating all that sweet shit, are you?"
Oh. He's talking about the crepes.
Hitomi smiled at him, turning back around to enter the line. "Don't worry about it! I've handled way worse before."
Bakugou scoffed as he finally took his place next to her. "Whatever. Don't say I didn't warn you."
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The ride had only taken about 3 minutes, and Hitomi had taken that time to scream and laugh as the wind blew her hair. As they finally stepped off the ride, however, she felt a twisting feeling in her stomach.
Ah, shit.
She bolted to the nearest trash can, leaning over the edge and proceeding to hurl her guts out.
Behind her, she could hear Bakugou start laughing.
She looked over her shoulder at him with a glare. "I'm glad you're enjoying my misfortune, Bakugou." She turned back to the trash can, throwing up the last remnants of food churning in her stomach.
"I told you, I fucking told you. Holy shit, you're dumber than I thought you were."
Hitomi wiped her mouth as she finally got up from the trash can, Bakugou's voice catching her attention.
"Here."
Hitomi staggered to catch something he tossed at her, finding it was a pack of mint gum.
"I don't wanna have to deal with your gross-ass breath for however long we're still here."
Hitomi made a small laugh, pocketing the gum for a quick second as she began to walk to the nearest food stand for some napkins and hand sanitizer.
"Thanks."
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After Hitomi's whole "throwing up" fiasco, the two decided to do something more mellow with the time they had left. That meant Hitomi and Bakugou were now seated in a ferris wheel cabin, giving them a full view of the I-Expo.
"Wow, how beautiful..." Hitomi said, leaning against the window to take in the sight.
The sun was now setting, the light hitting the entire pavilion in a way that Hitomi couldn't help but marvel at it.
Ah.
A sunset...
Holy shit.
Hitomi felt herself get tense, recalling everything she and Bakugou had done in the last three hours.
The arcade, the scavenger hunt, the food, the thrill ride. Now they were watching the sunset as they looked at the pavilion from above.
It was exactly the type of date she'd described to the girls last night.
But it's not a date, right?
Hitomi side-eyed Bakugou from her seat, taking in the way the sunlight hit his face. He had a surprisingly content expression, Hitomi not used to seeing him without furrowed brows and a scowl.
It was a little weird, but nice too, and she couldn't help but stare.
He looked really, really pretty right now.
A phone suddenly started ringing, breaking the comfortable silence that had settled between the two as well as Hitomi's thought process. Hitomi felt like her heart nearly jumped out of her throat, realizing what she'd just been thinking about THE Bakugou.
The ringing persisted, the bluenette finally noticing the vibration in her pocket. Hitomi fumbled to get her phone out as Bakugou's attention turned to her, her face getting red when she finally answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Hitomi! We're finally out!"
"Well, took you long enough."
"Is that Kirishima?" Bakugou interrupted. Hitomi turned to him in confusion, noticing the tranquil look on his face had been replaced with one of annoyance. She nodded cautiously.
"Put him on speaker. Now."
Hitomi complied, telling the redhead they could both hear him now.
"Hey, Bakugou!" Kirishima said cheerfully. "Sorry about disappearing like that! Did you at least have fun with Hitomi?"
"You idiots!" Bakugou blew up at him. "You can't just run off on your own without telling anyone! That's really fucking rude!"
"Jeez, I didn't know it was that unpleasant being alone with me..." Hitomi said, a false look of dejection on her face.
"That is not what I fucking meant and you know it," Bakugou growled, recognizing the joking tone in her voice. He turned back to Hitomi's phone, asking Kirishima, "Where are you right now?!"
"Oh, we're by that huge fountain that forms its own words with the water. You can't miss it," the redhead replied.
Bakugou turned to the window, locating said fountain as their ferris wheel cabin began to descend, their ride coming to a close.
"Do not move from that spot, you hear me, Shitty Hair?!" Bakugou said into Hitomi's phone.
"Got it, got it."
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Bakugou stomped towards the others in fury, Hitomi following after him.
Kaminari waved at the two of them from his spot in front of the fountain, calling out. "Hey, you two!"
"You fucking idiot!" Bakugou yelled, getting up in Kaminari's face with a glare that could kill. "Just what the hell do you think you were doing?!"
"C'mon Bakugou..." Hitomi teased as she stopped by Mina. "You can really just say it out loud if you didn't want to be alone with me."
"Bakugou, calm down," Kirishima said, pulling the blonde away from poor Kaminari. "Look, I'm sorry we ran off on our own like that. We can all have dinner together now if that'll help?"
Bakugou scoffed, looking away as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "Fuck, whatever. Let's just go eat already, I'm starving."
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A/N:
EDIT: I reread through this and realized their interaction at the end could be misinterpreted, so I feel like clarification is in order. When Hitomi says she didn't realize it was unpleasant being alone with her, she's saying it in a teasing manner, not out of genuine dejection, because she just generally enjoys teasing her friends. When Bakugou replies with "that's not what I meant", he means it more as "don't twist my words" rather than trying to comfort Hitomi, because he's aware she's teasing him and is trying to get her to knock it off. Sorry if it wasn't clear, hope this helps you understand that exchange!
[8/21/21 EDIT] I've altered that interaction slightly. Hopefully it's more clear now!
Boiled down to the basics the way I write Bakugou is to insert the f-word into every other one of his sentences lol
Okay, so we took some BIG (more like small, actually) steps towards Bakutomi development. It's kind of going to take a backseat in the upcoming arc, though, because I'll be focusing more on the actual anime plot, because... well, y'all know what happens.