As the realization hit Ai, she couldn't help but snap her fingers, pointing them towards his face.

"You made the same pickup line on me before."

It took sometime before Kaminari, as she remembered his name, finally understood who she was and when it had happened.

"You're the hot medic hero, from the work party! You had your hair down then."

He hit his head softly for not remembering her, Ai chuckled at the way he remembered her and the name he had given her.

"So you're still trying to hook up with chicks with those lame pickup lines? How's that going for you?"

His goofy grin quickly changed for a depressed expression plastered on his face, noticing his change of face she quickly changed the conversation.

"So are you here alone?"

A smug smirk forms on his lips and he put his arm around her shoulder, pressing her a little closer to him.

"Why, you want me to be?"

In her head, she looks at him annoyed but all she does is give him a fake smile and shoves her elbow hard enough for Kaminari to gasp for air.

He laughs it off and his arm falls off her shoulder while answering her;

"No, I'm not alone. I'm here with some friends."

With no warning, Kaminari is already pulling her through the mass of people.

"I'll introduce you!"

He says it loudly because of all the chattering, even if it wouldn't have been necessary since she's close enough to hear him without a problem.

She sees how he waves to a couple of strangers, two of them were standing. One of them was pretty built and had red hair, the other one was tall with black hair and had weirdly shaped elbows. The other two of them were sitting by the bar, the one ordering the drinks were a woman with pink skin, not the beige-pink but a pure pink and the last one were blocked by the two other standing up, it looked like they were hovering over him.

Ai sees how the pink woman turns around and has sparkly eyes seeing her friend coming back successfully with a woman, she started to wave and yell.

"You actually did it!"

She yelled while holding her thumbs up for approving, Ai looked at Kaminari with a grin of disbelief asking him.

"Was it a bet?"

Before he could answer, the pink woman cuts between them, getting pretty close to her face by reflex, Ai backed away a few steps for some space.

"Hi, I'm Mirai Ai."

She introduced herself.

"I'm Ashido Mina."

Mina did the same, moving aside she starts to point to the other two standing up.

"This is Sero and Kirishima."

And then she at last points at the one remaining sitting down by the bar, Kirishima and Sero moved to the side so she could get a close look on him.

"And then there's-"

"Katsuki!"

Ai take long steps up to the bar and grab the collar of the black T-shirt, pulling him back. Bakugou is already standing, turning around with a pissed face although it quickly went away when he saw who it was that had pulled his shirt.

"What the fuck are you doing here."

He more stated than asked, his eyes went from her to Kaminari and then looked back at her.

"Do you fucking know dunce face."

Kirishima saw their interaction and couldn't help but to ask.

"Wait do you know each other?"

Throwing her arm around his broad shoulders slightly standing on her toes, to reach his height.

"We are buddies."

Ai winked towards him.

"Shut up."

"How do you know each other?"

She pointed her finger back and forth between them.

"We are friends with benefits."

Ai said with a smug smirk on her lips, quirking her eyebrows. He tensed up and yanked her arm off his shoulder, pulling her by the hem of her shirt closer to him.

"I'M NOT YOUR FUCK BUDDY!"

He denied.

"Oh, I didn't know you were ashamed of our relationship sparkles."

"YOU LITTLE-"

"Oh, we didn't even know you had sexual desires."

Sero interrupts Bakugou before he can finish his sentence, infuriating him even more.

"I didn't know you could actually land a girl like Ai."

Kaminari said with a hint of disbelief in his voice as he looked back and forth between Bakugou and Ai, she kept going on with the charade she had started; shrugging.

"Well, what can I say, who doesn't like a guy with anger issues. That's hot."

Ai expressed wittily arching her head back expressing nonchalance, vexing Bakugou without any mercy. Before his anger could escalate any further Kirishima whistled out to the two of them making Bakugou calm down a tad.

"You should join us. Come, sit over here!"

He indicates for her to sit down on the seat beside Bakugou, positioning herself on the seat she turns around to face the others who were standing.

"No, but joking aside I actually work in the same agency as Katsuki."

She explained, for real this time, their relationship, although couldn't help but drop one last comment about it.

"I mean only a masochist would have intimate relationships, with a living bomb."

Looking towards the rest of the group she saw everyone agree strongly with her, although going back to that Kaminari had brought her there was still a mystery to the group that needed to be revealed. At least that's what Mina thought when she asked.

"So how do you know Kaminari?"

Looking towards Kaminari she saw a change of expression from genuinely happy, to a scarlet red spreading across his face. Ai looked at him with an enigmatic smile that indicated what she was about to do.

"He hit on me with the same pickup line on a work party for maybe two months ago, leading me to reject him."

She looked at his flushed face, nudging him playfully on his arm. Laughing at how their first meeting went.

"So are you here alone, or did you come with someone?"

Sero curiously asked while picking up his beer, taking a chug from it.

"No I actually came here with my friend Ren, but he left for a night cab."

She couldn't help but see Bakugou flinch at the name she had just said, looking at him she saw his lips pressed together, indicating annoyance.

He resumed what he was doing, sitting down on the chair beside her. The other noticed his weird behaviour as well, deciding to ask her once again;

"Who is this Ren?"

Questioned Mina while looking at Bakugou's expression change for a split sec once again, in resuming his neutral face.

"Ren is a friend of mine, that Katsuki actually knows. Am I right, sparkles?"

Trying his best to compose his neutral face, they could still see how his face kept morphing into an annoyed expression while looking at Ai with a murderous look, for even mentioning that man.
Just when she was about to tease him some more a man's voice interrupted her.

"They say a kiss is the language of love. Wanna have a conversation?"

Ai sees Ren leaning his hand on Kirishima's broad shoulder with a smug smile on his face.

"Talking about the devil."

Ren's whole attention went to her when he heard her voice.

"Ai? Do you know this person?"

"The real question is, what are you doing here? I thought you scored with the redhead."

Ai looked at him with furrowed brows.

"Let's just say, things went wrong, and she rejected me. I actually came here to complain to you, but then this eye candy caught my eye."

He said pointing towards Kirishima, in the process giving him a flirtatious wink making Kirishima uncomfortable. Looking at her friend with disbelief she asked herself why she still hanged out with him.

"Ehm, it was really manly of you to try but I'm not interested."

Kirishima gently pushed his arm away from his shoulder, rejecting his advances. Shrugging off the rejection the group noticed how he swiftly walked towards Mina, leaning against the bar table hovering over her.

"How about you?"

Mina blinked processing what was happening, realizing what he had just asked her she looked him up and down with furrowed eyebrows.

"You're cute, but no."

Ren shrugged it off, putting his hands in his pockets he took a step back taking his place beside Ai.

The group of people looked at Ren as if he's a completely different species, then all give Ai a look that says; is he always like this.

She sadly nodded her head in agreement getting gazes of condolence for having a friend like that.

"So, do you also know Bakugou?"

Sero asked Ren pointing towards Bakugou.

"Does Bakugou have friends!"

Ren gasped when he shouted the question.

"More importantly, he goes out for fun!?"

He looked at Bakugou with an overly dramatic surprised face, holding his hand against his chest. The group of people finally understood why Bakugou had made an annoyed expression when Ai had named Ren.

Ai couldn't help but to chuckle and was struggling not to comment something sarcastic.

She didn't need to say anything out loud before Bakugou understands what's coming and gives a threatening gaze.

"Don't you fucking dare."

He says, seeing his reaction she had to stifle a laugh from bursting out, making funny expressions trying to do so. It didn't take long 'til she laughed right at his face.

As the night went on the group of people enjoyed themselves, teasing Bakugou, drinking.

Observing him Ai see that he takes out his phone, it looked like he was looking at the clock.

Ai chugged the last drops that remained of her drink, she suddenly felt a heavy hand on her wrist pulling her. When she turned around to see who it was she see Bakugou, picking up his coat as he started to drag her from the bar.

"What are you doing?"

Ai looked at him with a confused expression, he growled at her.

"It's late, and we have work tomorrow. I don't fucking need you to come late for work."

Mina saw what he was doing before anyone else.

"Wait are you leaving? Why are you taking Ai with you?"

She questioned him, seeing his hold on Ai's wrist. Mina hum with a smug smirk.

"Bakugou."

She says his name very flirtatious but in a way to annoy him, since it is so easy.

"I didn't know you were so straightforward"

Ai looked behind Mina and see what the others have their backs turned to them but most possible they're definitely listening.

Before she got dragged out of the bar she took her purse, following him out without any resistance. While getting further away she heard encouraging words from Mina, she couldn't make out what the words were.

The cold refreshing air hits her naked skin on her back and the mumbling fades when the door close behind them.

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Bakugou had long left, leaving her alone in front of the door to her apartment. Without her key, Ai was left staring at the door, dumb folded.

I forgot my keys...

Introducing the Baku-squad, I just had to have them in this chapter. Comment who's your favourite Baku-squad member.

I'd also like to give credits to

Datcrunchyassmango

bakuwhore

for helping me with this chapter and in the other chapters as well and the support they have given me, you should check out their stories if you enter there profile, they are really good and I think you guys would enjoy them if you haven't already read them.

I hope you liked this chapter!

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- Meraki