"Man I'm hungry!" Kirishima said, glancing back to see Bakugo, Sero, and Jiro slowly following along.
"Yeah! That lesson lasted forever, I wasn't sure if Present Mic was ever going to stop apologizing," Sero laughed, walking a bit faster to keep pace with the hungry redhead.
Kirishima watched as Sero glanced over his shoulder at the blonde who was now grunting in reply to Jiro excitedly thrusting her pearly pink MP3 player in his face. According to Denki's earlier ramblings, she and the other class 1A girls had plans for a karaoke night this weekend as a sort of friendship-rekindling activity. Naturally she wanted to gather Bakugo's input alongside their other classmates on songs to download.
"So how are things with you and Bakubro?" Sero's voice was neutral, but Kirishima could see the hesitant worry dwindling in his dark eyes. "Things seemed kinda tense in there. And now he's oddly quiet... in a scary Bakugo way, I mean."
Kirishima nodded, glancing back at his boyfriend. His eyes were distant, looking out the windows as they passed through the hallways. He was sure that Bakugo wasn't happy with the way things had happened. Hell, he was sure he was worried about his future. Students who were gay didn't usually tell other students about that sort of thing, and especially not about their sex lives. It simply wasn't done. Regardless of Bakugo's seemingly thoughtless and impulsive mannerisms, Kirishima knew he was very much aware of the new pressure that surrounded their relationship as openly gay lovers. Even as an advanced human society, being gay in Japan still wasn't looked very kindly upon.
"I'm sure he's just worried." Kirishima sighed at last, slowing his pace a bit as they neared the line from the cafeteria's entrance. "To be honest, I'm a bit worried too. I don't want all these incidents to negatively affect our hero careers."
"What do you mean?" Sero asked, his eyebrows quirked up some as his eyes followed Bakugo and Jiro moving to join them at last.
"Well... I'm just wondering if this will affect my ability to pledge as a sidekick to a hero who might not like that sort of thing." Kirishima said flatly, his eyes wandering before landing on the soft tufts of ash blonde hair that had finally reached his side.
"You really want to work for some useless B-Lister?" Bakugo grunted suddenly, his eyes glued to his phone before flitting up quickly to catch Kirishima's.
"Well, ah, yeah. I mean who else is going to want me? I'm not really the best at-"
"Shut the Hell up, moron," Bakugo snarled, his hand slamming onto Kirishima's face and startling him into hardening. It was lucky he did from the small blast that followed, jarring the students nearby.
"THE USE OF QUIRKS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM IS PROHIBITED, BAKUGO!" Iida's voice chimed from the distance, and Bakugo snarled again, huffing and slamming his fists deep into his pant's pockets.
"Your self confidence is the only thing lacking, you dumbass," he grumbled, raising his eyes to meet Kirishima's once more, the raging fire that glowed in them seeming more ablaze than ever. "You saying I'm dating a loser? Cuz that's not what I think." He punctuated his last words by shoving past Kirishima into the cafeteria, the line had cleared now and he walked quickly out of the red head's line of sight.
"Geez, you were right," Sero sighed, rubbing his temple, "He really is riled up."
"Let's just grab some food before the period is over. He'll cool off." Jiro said, tugging on both boy's sleeves as they entered the cafeteria.
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After fixing himself a plate heaped with rice and meat, Kirishima wandered a bit before finding Bakugo, sitting by himself at the windows, stirring his spoon in his bowl and looking so moody it was as if a dark aura loomed over him.
"Hey man," Kirishima started, rubbing the back of his neck. Surely Bakugo wasn't angry at him. Why did he feel so hesitant to sit?
"You gonna sit or just eat while standing?" Bakugo growled, shoveling a bite of food into his mouth, before locking eyes with him.
"Y-Yeah, of course," Kirishima said, sliding into the chair and setting his food down. "Man, you haven't exploded my face in a while. You ok?"
Bakugo slurped loudly before swiping his lips with the back of his hand. "Yeah I'm good." He huffed, stirring again. "Are you good?" He was quiet again as Kirishima swallowed his mouthful of beef. The blonde's next words were so quiet it was a wonder Kirishima could hear them over the dull roar of the cafeteria. "You're acting like you're fucking ashamed of me or something."
"What?!" He nearly choked, reaching out hastily to grasp Bakugo's wrist, jolting it and spilling broth on the table.
"Oi! That's hot, Hair for Brains!" Bakugo howled, snatching a napkin and rubbing it over his arm.
"I, uh, sorry, I just-"
"It's fuckin' fine. I shouldn't have said anything." His eyes dropped again as he said it.
"No, Bakugo, you're wrong. I'm not ashamed, ok? I'd kiss you right here and now and never regret it."
"Shut up, you sappy shit," Bakugo growled, but the corner of his mouth had turned up, and Kirishima smiled. He placed his hand back more gently now, sliding his thumb over the rough skin on his wrist.
"Look here! It's the love birds everyone has been talking about." The voice was shrill and annoyingly familiar. Kirishima's eyes darted angrily towards the sharp tongued blonde who was now looming over their table.
Monoma. Just who I didn't want to see.
Bakugo's arm tensed under his hand, and his boyfriend's words came booming outwards. "You're the spineless shit-stain that posted that video!" Bakugo lurched to his feet, immediately gripping the other boy's shirt in his fists. "I'm going to turn you to ash, you little-"
"You turn me to ash, I'll turn it right back on you." The boy growled, tugging himself in an attempt to get out of Bakugo's grip. "It's such a shame that you two tarnished Class 1A's reputation so badly. It's not like Class 1B has any sort of scandal happening, and you all are supposed to be so much better! I wonder-"
"SHUT THE HELL UP BEFORE I SET YOU ON FIRE!"
"Katsuki," Kirishima tugged desperately on Bakugo's sleeve, moving forwards to place himself between the two. "Remember the meeting? One more fight?" His eyes were pleading and he grabbed tightly onto his boyfriend's jacket.
Bakugo's eyes were dark, but his face twitched irritably and he loosened his grip on the other boy's shirt enough for him to rip his way out of his grasp.
"Hah! I knew you were too afraid to fight me! Truly class 1B is better than you, you just have to admit this to yourself! I"m sure the whole world thinks it by now! Don't you-"
His tirade was interrupted again by the swift hands and apologetic eyes of his classmate Kendo.
"I'm sorry.." She murmured, "About all of this," she shifted her weight before continuing. "I really thought he was better than this. He's going through a tough time, and I know that's not an excuse, but please don't hurt him too badly." Her eyes darkened a bit as she glanced down at her classmate. "Class 1B is all very angry at him right now, and Vlad Sensei is already talking with Mr Aizawa about proper repercussions... It was actually me and Toru who told him about the video. 1B really does feel bad about all that happened, so please don't hold it against the rest of us." She tightened her grip on the unconscious blonde, "This idiot just can't tell when he's crossing a line anymore."
Bakugo's shoulders were still tense, but he grunted in reply, reaching down to grip Kirishima's wrist and tugging him along as they made their way from the cafeteria.
I wasn't done eating though... He thought, glancing back longingly at his steak before following Bakugo's lead out of the cafeteria.
Word Count: 1350
Hey there everyone! I'm not dead! Here's another chapter for you all. I finally have some free time to write now that spring break is here. :)
I'm planning to finish the last two chapters of this story over the break, and possibly write the first few for the continuation of this book: "My Greatest Weakness," so totally stay tuned for that! It's going to have a lot of action and fluff!
For this story there will be one last NSFW chapter (next chapter) and then the final chapter before book two begins.
Sorry for all the inactivity, this year hit me like a truck, but I'm so happy to be writing again. It's good to be back! :)
I hope you all are staying safe with this deadly virus running rampant around the world. Please stay indoors and keep it safe.
~TAK