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'I really shouldn't be putting up with Katsuki's attitude anymore...It's so weird how everyone else can just let him be that rude to people and find excuses for it...How in the world does he have more friends than me with that sort of personality? Life isn't fair at all!'

"Do you need any help finding something, Miss?" A beautiful woman who seemed to be in her mid-30s interrupted [____]'s train of thought while she stood in front of the lipstick aisle of a makeup store. "By the way, we will be closing in 30 minutes, so if there's anything I could do for you just let me know, okay?"

"Thank you...I'm just browsing."

She continued her search for a new lip product. 'I don't even know why I care this much...He says I wore too much lip 'stuff' but I only use a little bit every now and then! I haven't heard anyone else complain about it— then again no one has ever kissed me on the lips before...So maybe I should take it as advice and switch things up.

But not for him! Definitely not for him! For the sake of my future boyfriend, of course!'

"Lip gloss...matte lip creams...lip satins...lip polish? Lip oils, lip base, lip injections?!" She read through every single section on the displays and felt overwhelmed by all the pressure of buying everything. "It sounds like I need to try them all to know what I like!"

Her cell phone started to ring; for a moment, she had forgotten that she sent her security guard to another destination and he probably got a hold of her mother already. She closed her eyes, preparing to be yelled at through the other line. "Yes?"

"Hey, it's Eijiro!"

"Kirishima?"

"Yes! Listen, I was wondering if by any chance, Bakugo was with you? 'Cause he told me he was gonna walk home and he would text me when he gets there, but then I looked on maps and it says it only takes 45 minutes from the train station to get to his house and it's been 51 minutes and he hasn't answered any of my 11 calls or 13 texts, so I was beginning to worry—"

"Wait, I'm sorry, I'm lost..." she softly spoke as she grabbed all the makeup products she believed looked interesting and threw them in her basket. "You think he might be with me? But I'm still inside the mall."

"Yeah, well I feel like there's a chance he's waiting for you outside so if you could be awesome and go check that out for me, just so I can get an idea of where he is or where he's going or something...I would really appreciate it."

[____] didn't want to think about Katsuki at the moment; he was the whole reason she was doubting her whole beauty routine already. Though, Kirishima sounded very worried— in fact, extremely worried...maybe even a little too worried— and as a friend, [____] wanted to help him out.

"Okay...I'll check. But I seriously doubt he's out there."

"Perfect! Stay on the line with me, ok? I wanna hear his voice if he is waiting for you."

"Okay, sure. Let me finish paying first, though." She cradled the phone on her shoulder while looking for her wallet at checkout.

"Your total is 130,000 yen, please." The cashier announced the damage and Kirishima choked on air.

"You're that loaded, [____]?! Is it because of your mom's job?! You think I could borrow some money, someday?! Bakugo isn't cheap and I wanna buy my bro some gifts for my birthday!"

"You like to buy him gifts even though it's your birthday?!" It sounded more surreal when she said it out loud. She had never met a person with that kind of mindset.

"I like to buy all my friends gifts! It's just Blasty who likes the expensive stuff. Hey, maybe I could get you something, too! When is your birthday?"

[____] was about to respond as she left the mall but remained speechless when she noticed that Blasty was waiting for her. He was leaning on a street lamp, across the entrance of the mall. "He's here."

"Really?! Ok!! I know I said I wanted to hear his voice but I should just let you two go, instead. Wait! Can you tell him that I was worried?!"

"I'm sure he got your messages..." She mentioned since she saw him browsing his phone. "But I'll tell him if he talks to me."

"Thank you, [____]! You're the best! I'll see you at school tomorrow!"

"Yeah; have a good night..." She hung up her phone and placed it back in her pocket before taking another glimpse at the street light. "He's gone..? Was I hallucinating or some—?"

"Hey. Fat cheeks—"

"—AH! You scared me!" He appeared behind her, [____] was sure that was a clever tactic he used when fighting, given by how fast and quiet he was. "What are you doing here?"

"What are you talking about? Didn't you want me to walk you home?"

"What? When did I say that?"

"Earlier, when you said 'I'll call a cab, waah, you guys go home, waah wahh!' What you meant to say was, 'I want the most amazing, strongest team leader to walk me home! Waah, wahh, waaaah!' I know it because I saw it in your stupid face." He mimicked her voice as high as he could, like if she was a baby, and even added the fake crying as a practical joke.

[____] didn't laugh at all, though. "You know something? I really dislike rude people, such as you."

She held on to her shopping bag and marched straight ahead, not looking elsewhere. Katsuki followed after her.

"Heh, and here I thought that you loved everything and everybody. Judging by how fast you got along with Icyhot. I got the idea that there wasn't anybody in this fucking world you didn't like—"

"Yeah? Well now you know that there is and that person is you. So, congratulations." She paused, just to look him in the eye so he could see how much she meant it. "You burnt all my things and I needed most of that stuff for tomorrow! You didn't even apologize, instead, you threatened to burn my hair off!"

"Get a sense of humor, will you? It was funny."

"How is laughing at my pain considered funny?! You...You shouldn't be a hero if all you do is make others cry!"

"You don't know the first thing about being a hero, so shut the hell up!" She aggravated him; but the feeling was mutual at the moment.

"Maybe so! I just started this course and perhaps it wasn't my choice to attend UA in the first place, but at least I know I'll be a better hero than you and it's not because of how strong or how quick I am! It'll be because I'm more compassionate than a heartless jerk with no manne— mff!"

He covered her mouth in an instant. "Shut up...I hear something..."

"Mmh, mff mh mffh mm!!"

"I don't care if you don't care, but I need you to seriously shut up for a moment." He somehow understood her muffled sounds, or maybe he was just great at guessing what she would say next.

"Mmm!! Mff fhh mf—!! Mmh mff!"

"If you wanna die so badly, then be my guest!" He pushed her face away while taking his palm out of her mouth. "I think someone is watching us."

"You're really trying to hurt me, aren't you?!" [____] looked at her surroundings, she could not see or hear a thing. "You're insane. I'm leaving."

"Alright, then. I guess you have it all under control...You know where the station is and everything, right?" Katsuki faced the opposite direction than her to try to confuse the girl.

"It doesn't matter, 'cause I can just look up the directions from my phone— Um...Where's my phone?" She patted her pockets, not feeling a thing.

"Don't look at me, I don't know where your stupid phone is at." He gestured a surrender while she opened her bags to search frantically. "Well, since you wanna be on your own so badly, I should leave—"

"Katsuki, wait..." It pained her to do it, it really did; but [____] gulped down her pride to ask for his assistance. "C-Can you show me where the station is, at least?"

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"I knew you wanted me to walk you home, all along..." He boasted on about the sudden change of plans. "Even went as far as lying about losing your phone, like this. Why can't you be more honest with yourself, fat cheeks?"

"I didn't lie about losing my cell! I actually have a reason to believe that it was you who stole it— ah, it's ringing again!" She called herself through Bakugo's phone to see if she could hear it anywhere near them.

"I didn't take your damn phone, quit blaming me!"

He placed a hand inside his jeans' back pocket to turn the pink device off, since it kept vibrating over and over next to his ass cheek.

"They hung up on me...Whoever has my phone decided to turn it off!" [____] gasped.

"Maybe they know how annoying you sound and didn't want to deal with listening to all that screeching that you do."

[____] fake laughed at his remarks. "Just take me to the station and then you can pretend like we don't know each other again."

"I will. But you'll have to owe me one since I don't like to waste my time for free."

"You really know how to treat a woman, don't you?" She sarcastically replied. The night was getting colder and fog was starting to appear through the streets. [____] crossed her arms to generate some heat around her stomach.

"Okay, first of all, you're no woman. At its best, you're just a little girl who cries 24/7. Secondly— If you're cold then why don't you say so?"

[____] halted, only because he made her do it by grabbing her shoulders to make her stand still while he placed his own school blazer over hers. "I usually bring an extra hoodie for shitty hair, since he's always walking around shirtless like a douchebag and gets cold easily... I don't have it with me but for now, this is fine."

'Bakugo and Kirishima seem to be closer than I thought; I never knew friends could care that much about each other...Is it normal?...'

"This is really strange. Coming from you, the most..." She held on to the piece of cloth. "I didn't know you could be so kind like this..."

"That's because you don't know anything about me."

"You may be right..." After all, she's heard Midoriya talk about Kacchan as if he was his best friend.

'Izuku probably also sees something in him that most people don't...Maybe Mina as well, and that's why they still hang around him...'

As she began to wonder herself; why she was so attracted to Katsuki, she heaved. Her breath condensing into a small cloud. "If it already gets this cold in October, I can't imagine how much colder it'll be when December starts..."

"Sometimes it snows." He mentioned.

"Really?"

"You ever seen the snow, fat cheeks?"

She hadn't. For the most part; [____]'s parents travelled overseas during summer or spring since hot weather meant new swimsuits that Himeko Amachi could model. Every fall and winter they would go to LA; where they purchased a house and they'll spend their holidays going to cat walks or red carpet events. It would never snow in that place, [____] remembered it being sunny all the time.

'Nevermind that, I can't believe it...I'm actually having a normal conversation with him...This isn't bad at all...'

She thought to herself how different everything would be if he acted like this the entire time. They could talk more often, maybe she could even trick him into going on dates with her. 'I really can't imagine Katsuki being as nice to me as Todoroki was today...Buying me all that stuff and taking me to girly places because he thinks I'd like that...'

"Did you hear me or are you fucking deaf?!" He made sure it wouldn't take long for [____] to see his true form again. "I asked if you ever seen the damn snow!"

"No...I never seen the snow in Japan, only once when I visited Canada..." she said with a straight face. 'Why does he have to ruin this for me...'

"Shitty hair is always talking about going to the mountains during the holidays— he's fucking annoying all of the time but someone in his family owns a rental near Mount Haku and he says he can get us a free weekend in there."

"Oh...Sounds nice..."

He rubbed his hands together as they walked, trying to think of a way to continue the conversation. "Perhaps, if I feel like it, you could tag along with us..."

"Why would you want me around for a whole weekend?" The question slipped out of [____]'s head, but her tone of voice was sad.

"I DON'T!" Instinctively, he yelled at first. "I don't fucking want you around! I'm just saying—! Shitty hair will invite our whole group, most likely! I'm only fucking saying if I feel like it, I'll let you join my team—! I..."

Flustered, he grit his teeth. 'What the fuck am I even saying?! Why did I come back here for her?! Look at her...She's so stupid she doesn't even know what to do! Her mouth is just wide open, like a fucking fish. She's making that dumb ass face again!'

"What?! What do you wanna say?! Spit it out, already!!"

"Nothing!" She shook her head. "I was just...wondering...If you're not cold...."

"Ha?" She heard him, right? She understood what he was trying to tell her? 'Why the fuck is she not talking about that, instead!'

He simmered down after examining her diffident expression. "I'm not. I make explosions thanks to my sweat, how can you think that I get cold, are you dumb?"

"I was just worried about you." [____] was honest about it. "If you are, you can take your jacket back. Just tell me, okay?"

"....Whatever."

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"You know, I bought something for you." She searched her bag as they waited for the pedestrian signal at the end of a street.

"I thought I burnt all your crap."

"You could have! But...some stuff survived. I would send a bill to your house but it wasn't me who purchased any of it, it was actually Todoroki who did. Except for one thing I found, it reminded me of you."

'Where is that little explosion phone strap? I can't believe I keep losing things!'

While [____] struggled to obtain the rubber accessory, Katsuki turned his head another direction and cleared his throat.

"So Icyhot is your type, huh..."

She blushed at his comment. "Todoroki? Not at all! I mean—

He's nice. I haven't figured out why he's so nice to me since we just met. I just feel like, Mina kept complimenting him today...it makes me think that she might be in love him.

And isn't that like a friendship rule— To not like the same people as your friends' do...I guess?"

"Mina has a crush on almost anybody who breathes air." Bakugo informed.

"D-Does she?"

He ignored that pointless question and shrugged once. "I don't blame you, you know. For liking that prick...You just have terrible taste.

I mean, he's rich, isn't he? People always like that. He can be strong, too. I'm not going to lie. He's just real smug about it, it pisses me off when he walks around like he knows better than the others."

'Sounds like he's starting to describe himself...' [____] finally registered the idea on her head that he might be jealous. 'Is that what it is? He likes me, after all?'

"If that freak isn't your type...Then what is?" He asked, not a shade of red was hinted on his face though.

'What's my type? But I never had a boyfriend, so how should I know? I always imagined myself marrying a kind person...Nothing like Katsuki. In fact, he's the opposite of what I dreamed of...But...There's something about him that makes me want to stay by his side, regardless of how he talks to me..

Maybe I don't have a type. Maybe I just like him, right now, how he is...But there's no way I'll ever say that to his face! Unless..."

"My type— Well, what's yours?" For a minute, [____] thought it would be okay to tell him how she feels if he were to give her a hint that it was alright.

"I never gave a shit about relationships." He bluntly stated. "Girls don't want honesty, they just want guys like Icyhot to smother them with gifts all the time."

'I guess he's just jealous of Todoroki getting attention, didn't have to be particularly mine...'

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[____] sighed after they made it to the station.

The whole place was empty, they were the only ones searching for the train schedule. In the middle of finding it, [____] answered his question from a while ago. "I don't think I have a type anymore, to be honest...I think I'll just like whoever I want to like from now on..."

He did something unexpected after she spoke, he got closer to her face to move a stray lock of hair away from her cheek. His fingertips felt a lot warmer than her face.

[____] wished to feel that warmth for a little longer.

His index finger and thumb moved from her cheek to the bottom of her chin, then he began to slowly prep her face towards his.

He leaned closer and she squeezed her eyes shut. 'Is this really happening again...?'

With his slightly parted lips, he touched hers gently.

Their second kiss lasted a few seconds, but it was only because Katsuki overhead someone accidentally stepping on a dried leaf nearby, crushing it.

Preparing to hurt their stalker; he pulled away and yelled. "Who the fuck is out there?! Show yourself!!"

"Katsuki, what are you talking about? I didn't hear anything." [____] was still in a daze from the act. In her eyes, he was glowing like if he was some type of angel who just gave her a taste of sweet bliss.

Although that image quickly shattered when he answered her. "That's 'cause you're fucking deaf. Clean your fucking ears once in a while!"

"I'm not deaf!"

Bakugo sensed a person trying to hide behind a metal trash can, so he walked over that direction to kick it out of his way.

"I yield, I yield!" The stalker jumped up and covered most of his face with a red composition notebook. "I didn't mean to spy on you, Kacchan! I swear!"

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[an: If you see any mistakes, ignore them I purposely try to write like shit lmao

I'm trying to get to 1k comments and I'm only less than 40 away! Feel free to help but also feel free to not help because I care about What y'all think of me don't think I'm a beggar (I totally am tho ❤️)

No lie I would of kept writing but my phone is on 1% I gotta put it to charge while I clean my apartment lol

I have a feeling y'all just prefer Todoroki already but it's a Bakugo fanfic I can't take it that route sowwwy 😭 maybe I'll make it a love triangle. Or square. Or a hectagon.]