꧁𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 22: 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲꧂
Katsuki blinked, Kaminari's words slithering around his head until it tightly wrapped around his brain, tiny bits and pieces being processed slowly until he was left with both eyebrows raised in surprise.
Does he like Izuku? Well, yes he does, considering the fact that his very existence doesn't irritate him, but that's because they're friends...well at the moment, he wasn't so sure of where their friendship stood, considering everything that went down between them, but nevertheless, he still thought of the greenette as his friend even though it didn't seem that way.
So why was his heart telling him otherwise?
"Well yes, I like him. He is afterall one of the few people I can stand."Katsuki answered, the perplexed look on his face growing as Kirishima shook his head.
"Not that kind of like, Bakubro."
"What we're talking about is the romantic type. What you think we're talking about is the friendship type."Kaminari explained.
Katsuki blinked again, eyes widening a fraction in disbelief.
Romantic type? Nani?
He didn't know why, but, he found this whole situation funny, but not 'ha ha' funny. It just greatly amused him how they thought that him, Katsuki Bakugou, liked Izuku Midoriya. What had he even done that made the two come to that conclusion?
"If this is some kind of joke, you have succeeded in making me amused."Katsuki said, planting his palms on the bed as he got up. He had stepped on his cape in the process of getting on his feet but he quickly caught himself before he could trip. He brushes past them to get to his bag on the floor.
"It's not a joke, bro."Kirishima said, his eyes following the blond. He had anticipated this, after all, this was the stubborn Draconum Prince they were taking to.
Katsuki didn't even bother to look back at them as he spoke, getting on his knees and shoving his spilled items into his bag. "Sure as hell sounds like one to me."
Kaminari sighed, falling back on the bed like this very conversation drained the energy out of him. The black lighting streak on his hair broke as he ran his fingers through it.
"Obviously, telling you alone isn't going to get us anywhere, so let's ask another question.". Kirishima stared at Kaminari, not sure where he was going with this conversation. Even Katsuki had gone stiff, hand hovering over the map on the floor. "Whenever you see Midoriya, how do you feel?"
His hand snapped back into motion, and he picks up the map, shoving it into his bag."The fuck kind of question is that?"Katsuki answered his question with another question.
"Just answer, Bakugou, please."
Katsuki breathed out a sigh, angling his torso towards the redhead and the beta and going into a criss crossed sitting position. He bit on his lip softly, heart rattling against his ribcage.
"Umm.."he started, rotating his neck. He stopped, rubbing the back of his neck as soon as he heard a 'crack'. "I guess whenever I see him, he makes me feel....things."
"Go on."Kaminari slowly said, moving his hand in a winding gesture.
The hand on his neck falls on his crossed legs and he looks down."I don't know...these things I'm feeling are confusing but aren't...unpleasant?"
"Describe the 'things' you feel."Kaminari demanded as Kirishima sat on the space next to the beta, watching as he questioned Katsuki with an unusual amount of calmness.
"You know I'm not good at those kind of things."he said, looking up at them through his lashes. The pad of his finger now traced little circles on the soft carpeting of the room.
"Then explain it in your own Bakugou way."Kaminari suggested.
In my own Bakugou way?
Katsuki's face slightly relaxed as if considering it, but then, it hit him. Why was he being interrogated? And why was he answering them? If anything, he shouldn't even be giving them answers to their questions if they're just going to label whatever he says as having romantic feelings for the greenette.
Which he doesn't.
Kirishima quickly shot up to his feet as soon as he noticed the look on his face. "No no. Bakugou, please don't reconsider answering us. Don't you want to finally clear the confusion'?"
Yes.
"No."
"We might be wrong. You might not have feelings for Midoriya, but just tell us how you feel around him. If you do like him, like we said, it's either you accept or reject them. We can't force you." Kaminari spoke.
Katsuki huffed out a breath, caving in to the beta's words. Kirishima and Kaminari smiled victoriously, earning an eye roll from the blond as he got himself prepared for what he was going to say next.
"Whenever I see Deku, I guess I get sick, like a swarm of tiny butterflies erupted in my stomach. It's uncomfortable as fuck but at the same time, pleasant."
"Go on."Kirishima said.
Katsuki's tongue poked the side of his cheek as he tried to piece his next words together. He was uncomfortable about this topic to say the least. Everywhere felt hot, the feathers of his cape feeling like it was closing itself around his neck, slowly suffocating him.
"I don't know. He makes my heart feel er-weird. I always think I'm about to have a fucking heart attack."
Kaminari looked at Kirishima from the corner of his eye to see that the redhead was also looking at him as Katsuki spoke. With everything he's said, there was no doubt about it.
He most definitely liked him.
Now it was up to the blond to either acknowledge his feelings or reject it.
"Bakugou,-"Kaminari started. The blond looked at him, and he took this as his cue to continue. "-from what we've heard...you do li-"
He already predicted what he was going to say next."Nope."Katsuki interrupted instantly, getting on his feet. "Whatever you're going to say, I don't want to hear it. I don't like him. It's as simple as that."
Just like they anticipated, Katsuki was going for the latter option; rejecting his feelings.
"But what's so wrong in liking someone?"Kirishima questioned, wanting to know why it was so hard for someone like him to acknowledge and accept them.
"I don't have time for trivial stuff such as romance. They're a waste of time."
"So if you had a chance to get together with Midoriya, you won't?"Kaminari asked, regarding the blond with curious eyes as he watched him saunter up to the curtains.
I will.
"I won't."he answered, pulling the curtains together. The sky was already getting darker, one of the early signs that night time was coming soon. The streets not filled with as much people as before, as many of them went to their respective houses to rest for the night.
He cursed himself internally, looking down at his muddy boots. His mouth kept saying one thing, but his brain kept saying another thing. Obviously, he wasn't going to agree with a single thing his brain was telling him, especially when it came to romance.
Everyone knew how he felt about it. He knew how he felt about relationships and what not, so why did he decide to fall for Izuku?
No. I don't like the nerd.
Just because he said a few words, doesn't automatically mean that he did like him. For all he knows, he could be sick with some strange unknown disease and the symptoms only chose to show whenever Izuku was around.
He shook his head. That sounds so stupid, and it just further proved that the redhead and the mustard blond were indeed right if he was coming up with silly excuses such as that. He rested his head against the window, gripping the curtains, his eyelashes tickling his skin as he shut his eyes.
How?
He hit his head softly on the glass.
How could I allow this to happen?
"Hey, you okay, Bakubro?"Kirishima asked, coming up beside him, Kaminari standing on Katsuki's other side as he placed his hand on his shoulder.
He didn't bother to open his eyes. "Yeah.."
"What are you going to do?"Kaminari questioned.
"Ignore them, what else?"Katsuki replied, peeling one eye open to stare at Kaminari. Kaminari had a disapproving frown on his face and the hand, he placed on his shoulder, fell limply to his side. "Don't give me that look. You know very well that I don't have time for things like that." .This time, his second eye opened and he looked at the dragon shifter. He didn't look like he didn't like how he was so ready to push them down but at the same time, he didn't look like he was happy with it either.
"Whatever, man."Kirishima said, raising both his shoulders in a shrug. "Like Kaminari said before, we can't force you to accept them. It's your choice. Do whatever you want."
Kaminari opened his mouth to protest but Kirishima gave him a look that said 'drop it', and he immediately closes it. Katsuki had to figure things out by himself. Their only job was for him to realise how he felt for the greenette.
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Izuku slid himself deeper into the hotspring, from his nose up being the only thing that wasn't obscured by the calming waters. His hair floated around him like small waves. The hotspring was surprisingly empty.
What's taking Kacchan so long? He wondered as his eyes darted to the door. Izuku didn't know how long he had been out here exactly but he did know that it was longer than ten minutes.
Whatever Kirishima and Kaminari, were talking to Katsuki about, should have been over by now.
Then he realised what he was doing and almost slapped himself. He was supposed to be mad at him, but his stupid curiosity and feelings were getting in the way.
"What do you think is taking them so long?"
Izuku's eyes shifted away from the door he had been glaring at, looking at the dual quirk user. He lifted himself so that his whole face was above the water, and spoke. "I don't know.". He pulled at the wet strand of hair that stuck to his face, brushing it to the side. "They should have been done by now."
"Agreed."he spoke.
Izuku hummed in reply, looking off to the side before looking back at Todoroki. "I'm bored."
"I'm bored, too."Todoroki answered, sitting up. "What do you suggest we d-"
His words were cut off as huge amounts of water hit his face. He sputtered both from shock and the water that got into his mouth, seeing as he was mid speech before he got attacked.
Giggles could be heard from beside him, and he slicked his wet hair back, glaring softly at the laughing greenette.
His lips curled up into a devious smile. "Oh you're so going to pay for that.". Todoroki struck him back, the water instantly splashing Izuku. The greenette's giggles turned into laughter, as he hit his hand on the water, striking back.
Soon, a splashing battle to the death started between the two. They weren't able to move around freely because neither had on towels and the hot spring wasn't deep enough for them to move without exposing themselves, but it was still fun nonetheless.
A few minutes into the game, and Izuku was already a panting mess. With how limited their movement was, it was difficult to try and dodge Todoroki's water attacks. Both him and the dual quirk user were laughing, not minding that they were creating a mess on the concrete of the higher floor.
"Oi, the hell do you think you're doing?"a loud familiar voice boomed over the laughter.
Izuku's body froze up, eyes turning to the door like a deer caught in headlights. His breath hitches, an immense amount of heat rising up his face the second he took in Katsuki's appearance.
His eyes not so discreetly trailed down the Alpha's body, from the broadness of his shoulders, to the firmness of his biceps. His emerald eyes took in every chiseled beauty of Katsuki's body, his orbs stopping at the visible V-line that dissapered behind the short towel he had wrapped around his hips. His gaze then dares to go lower, admiring his toned legs that were carved to perfection.
Whatever training Katsuki did, really paid off.
"The fuck you looking at, Deku?!"Katsuki questioned angrily, breaking the freckled teen out of his trance as he frantically blinked, realisation sitting heavy on his shoulders.
His eyes nearly buldged out of its sockets and he sputtered out an apology, clearly embarrassed that he had been caught gawking at him.
Katsuki wasn't dumb nor was he oblivious. He was aware that the greenette was clearly eyeing him, and that brought heat up his ears. He shook his head, clearing his thoughts and looked towards the door as he heard the voices of Kirishima and Kaminari get closer and closer to the hotspring.
Todoroki's eyebrow quirked in concern for his friend, watching as Izuku's face slowly dissapered under the water, from his eyes up being the only thing that wasn't submerged in the water.
"We have arrived!"Kirishima and Kaminari both announced as they slid to a stop, hands firmly placed on their hips as they puffed out their chest.
"Good for you."Katsuki said, his words dripping with obvious sarcasm. He took a seat near the edge of the higher floor, feet hanging off it as he comfortably kicked his legs back and forth.
"Aw. C'mon, bro. You're not even gonna soak in the hotspring?"Kirishima asked as Kaminari climbed into the water, taking his towel off and placing it beside Katsuki.
He stretched his hands out behind him, putting his full weight on it, his legs not ceasing its back and forth movement as his eyes were fixed on his thighs. "Nope."
"Alright then. Suit yourself. Yo, Midoribro?"Kirishima called out to the greenette, raising his hand. Izuku's face was still a flaming red. "What were you and Todoroki doing before Bakubro came?"
Izuku attempted to speak, but his mouth was still in the water, so all that came out were bubbles holding the words that he spoke. He didn't even try to repeat what he said as he was still very embarrassed.
"We were playing a splashing game." Todoroki answered. Kaminari's ears perked up in interest and he moved over to them.
"Is it still possible to continue?"Kaminari asked while Kirishima got himself into the hotspring, walking to the two with his towel still firmly wrapped around his hips.
Izuku sat up at this, eagerly nodding his head. "Yeah! The more the merrier!"
"Yes!"Kaminari cheered, pumping his fist in the air.
"I want to join!"Kirishima said.
"Perfect!"Izuku chirped. "So who's going to start fir-". He paused, blinking a few times. His ears started ringing, head throbbing and surroundings spinning at an alarming rate. He felt like all air had been squeezed out of his lungs and he desperately clawed at his chest, gasping for air.
He backed up into the wall, shaking his head, tears building up in his eyes and rolling down his cheeks.
Kaminari's eyebrows shot up in alarm."Mi-midoriya?"
Todoroki placed a hand on his shoulder. "Midoriya? Hey, wait why are you crying?"
But Izuku couldn't answer. He couldn't speak. Not when he was desperately trying to get air into his lungs but failed with each gasp that left him.
Katsuki pushed through them, having gotten into the hotspring as soon as he noticed something was odd with the greenette . His heart rate shot up through the roof, eyes wide in concern for the greenette.
He grabbed his shoulders, forcing the greenette to look at him. His cheeks were wet, both from his tears and the water, mouth opening to release more sobs, the throbbing on his head only seeming to get worse with each second that passed.
"I-it hurts, Kacchan..."Izuku choked out.
"What hurts, Deku? Be more specific."Katsuki asked, his words growing soft. Izuku shook his head, wanting to speak but his words got cut off by the scream that pushed its way past his throat.
He felt dizzy, eyes losing focus for a split second before rolling to the back of his head, and a trickle of blood ran down his nose as he fell limply on Katsuki, his screams, his cries, the tears- everything came to a stop.
Panic rose deep within the blond, and he held Izuku out in front of him, shaking his shoulders in an attempt to wake him up."Deku! Fuck, Deku, wake up!"Katsuki pleaded but Izuku was unresponsive to his words, his head lolling to the side, the blood above his lip smeared on the blond's chest.
Distress phermones filled the air, his red orbs searching around the hotspring for the greenette's towel as he held him close to his body, refusing to let go of him, even when TetsuTetsu ran in to take him to a nearby infirmary, after Kirishima climbed out of the water to call him as soon as Izuku fainted.
"Don't fucking touch him!"Katsuki barked, almost biting TetsuTetsu's finger clean off when he tried to take him.
"Bakugou, he needs to be taken to the infirmary."Kirishima tried to reason with the blond. He too was deeply worried for his green haired friend.
TetsuTetsu tried again and Katsuki, this time, growled at him.
"What part of 'don't fucking touch him' do you not understand? Or do I need to bite you to give you a permanent reminder of what happens when you defy my orders?!". His darkened crimson orbs then snapped to Todoroki. "Where's his towel? You came in with him."
Todoroki quickly ran to a folded towel laying on the higher floor, and he picked it up. He tossed it to Katsuki and the blond caught it with ease.
His hands were visibly shaking as he tried to tie the the towel around him but at the same time, balance the greenette's weight on his chest.
"Ah, dammit!"he cursed loudly as the towel almost slipped out of his grasp.
"Bakugou, let me help-"Kaminari said.
"No! I can do this by myself!"he spat, finally knotting the fluffy cloth as he breathed out a sigh of relief.
He scooped the shorter male up in his arms, the water droplets falling from his body and breaking the surface of the hotspring. His towel was soaking wet and pressed against the blond uncomfortably, but that was the least of his concern.
One hand let's go of Izuku, his palm open and facing the water. An explosion, loud enough to make someone deaf but small enough not to cause an alarm, sparks from his palm and he is pushed up to the higher floor, the smooth concrete feeling cold beneath his wet feet. Water rose from behind him, due to his explosion, and it hit anyone nearby.
TetsuTetsu, still a bit shaken up from having his finger nearly bitten off, nods his head to the entrance, and the two males ran to the door, one ahead of the other.
Their footsteps padded against the carpeted hallway, the sound bouncing off the walls. Anyone that stood in Katsuki's way got growled at, his alpha pheromones seeping through his scent glands.
Those ,who only took a whiff of it, were almost forced to their knees. It was like an invisible weight was pushing them down. TetsuTetsu had the crook of his elbow over his nose, tears building up in his eyes from the amount and power of the scent of the alpha behind him.
All because of one, freckled, green haired teenager.
His heart was pounding loudly, the sound beating against his eardrums and blocking out whatever sound that was around him.
He looked down at the unconscious greenette, watching a stray tear escape his eye and roll down his cheeks, passing over his freckles.
"Please be okay, Deku."Katsuki whispered, holding the greenette impossibly closer.
"Please....."
Word count: 3365.
I apologise for any typographical error, and I hope you liked the chapter.