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[____] was standing in front of her team leader's bedroom. She gave herself the courage to place the bowl down on the floor for a while so she could softly knock on the door without spilling any of the water. "Katsuki...It's me, [____]."

No reply.

'Maybe he fell asleep... so should I try again?'

She used a little more force to knock. "Katsuki, I brought a cold towel for your forehead. Your mom was kind enough to let me in, I—"

The door slowly opened and she felt her uneasiness practically melt away when she saw him standing in front of her. "You're awake...I hope I didn't bother you, just now."

'This kind of reminds me...of when we first kissed, it was in his room and it all started with me bringing him a tray of food...And I was here, standing on the same spot that I am, now...Is that when I started to like him?'

"You..." For a strange reason, Katsuki endured a bigger headache after speaking one word to [____]. Like if her mere presence was what was causing him to feel so ill.

He massaged the left side of his forehead with the very bottom part of his palm. "What are you doing here?"

"I brought you a few things, since I heard from Kirishima that you are sick; m-may I come in?"

"Do whatever you want..." He tried to walk back to his bed composedly, but ended up losing some of his balance.

Even though he didn't fall or hurt himself, [____] still panicked. "Are you alright?! Do you need help laying down?! You're not feeling like you need to throw up, are you?! What should I do—? Can I do anything for you?!"

"Tch. So noisy."

She covered her mouth instinctively with both of her hands, muffling her words. "I'm so sorry..."

He sat on the edge of his bed, patting the spot beside him to signal [____] to sit next to him. "What did you bring, anyway?"

"R-Right..." She prepped her school bag on his floor and pulled out the gifts to lay them out on the bed. "I brought you this card, I got some our classmates and teachers to sign it. Let's see...Ah, there's also chocolates, I know you said you hate sweet things but since I also got some spicy tofu soup for you, I figured maybe having a little bit of chocolate after eating that will be alright...B-But you don't have to eat it, if you don't want to!"

"Hey..."

"And—!" [____] couldn't hear him over the sound of her own voice. "I saw some peonies at the grocery store, I know you hate it when I talk a lot about the stuff I like, but flowers have always been interesting to me. I like how they all have a different meaning behind them— I brought you a bouquet of them that symbolize 'healing' but your mom kept them downstairs—"

"Hey."

"— She told me she was going to place them next to your bed stand. Katsuki, if you don't want them...Then please let me take them home with me, I don't want you to burn them; they're so beautiful and deserve better than that..."

"Hey!"

She stammered, "Y-Yeah..?"

'Why is she the only one here? This is making things worse for me...The more she speaks, the more I want to yell my feelings out.'

'This is fucking stupid...I'm so damn weak, I'm letting this fever take over my body. I don't want her to see me like this, at all.'

"....So damn annoying."

It was all he could say; Katsuki closed his eyes and gritted his teeth for a second, angry with himself for getting sick to the point where others wanted to take care of him.

[____] didn't know what was on his mind, so she assumed it was her who was 'annoying' him. "My bad...I guess, Kirishima was right...He warned me to not come over, he said you'll might even hate me. Katsuki, do you want me to leave? I came over because I knew I wouldn't be able to go home, without at least seeing you today."

'Stop speaking, fat cheeks...Seriously...Shut your mouth already...I can't, I won't say it. No matter how much I want to.'

He dwelled on how to respond. "Everything is spinning..."

"Do you need to lie down?! I'll move these things for you!" [____] began to do as she said, but he stopped her by holding on to one of her wrists. "A-Are you ok?"

"....Why are you like this?"

"What..?"

He touched the unopened card with his fingertips, "All of this...It's stupid...Why would you do it?"

"That's because..."

'I can't tell him it's because I like him, not right now when he's like this! Can I...? Should I...? It'll feel like I'm taking advantage of him, somehow. I'm so selfish...I told myself I wanted to see him to make him feel better...But now all I want to do is hold him...I want him to know how much I care.'

"Katsuki...Can I hug you?"

The question caught the blond off-guard. He let go of her wrist and couldn't even say anything as [____] leaned towards him to wrap her arms around his body, resting her head on his shoulder.

'This is a little uncomfortable...It's like a side hug, but worse since we are sitting...And he's not even hugging me back...What am I doing!!!'

'Still, though, I don't want to let go...His body feels hot...Poor Katsuki...'

"If I could, I would take this fever for you..." [____] admitted.

Bakugo regained enough energy to push her away. "Don't touch me."

'Huh...That's strange, he hasn't threatened or insulted me, now that I'm thinking about it. Could it be his illness? Is it making him this frail...? Even when he pushed me just now, it was very light. When he held on to my wrist, I could almost feel his hand shaking...'

"Katsuki...You shouldn't strain yourself anymore, why can't you just lower your pride a little bit, for now? You're sick, aren't you? ...Please let me take care of you."

"I rather fucking die." The first time he was able to curse, it had to be because he meant it.

[____]'s feelings were hurt. She thought she'd rather be insulted, or threatened just then than to be told such a thing. 'He doesn't want me around that much? What a cruel thing to say...He looks serious about it, too...'

'Fuck, now she's crying.' Bakugo's chest tightened, he couldn't look at the sobbing girl in front of him without wanting to kiss her again. 'Don't say anything...Don't say anything else...I'm reaching my fucking limit already.'

"...Why are you crying so much?!"

He thought she was going to deny it, like how she usually does; but alternatively, she decided to confess once and for all.

"It's because I like you! I like you so much, Katsuki!" She wiped her tears away with the back of her hands, the more she spoke the faster they seemed to fall. "I can't stand seeing you like this, it hurts me too...When you say that you rather die than have me watch over you...I know that you only find me annoying. That's why I didn't want to tell you this r-right now..."

It was a good thing that the guy's face was already red from his fever. He was able to hide the light blush on his cheeks already. 'I can't...I can't say anything back to that...I'll end up spewing more sappy crap.'

'My only option is to wait until she's done speaking and ask her to leave me alone.'

But that didn't seem to happen anytime soon; as [____]'s confession kept going. "I was so happy, when I saw you again after all these years. Even though you kind of rejected me in front of your friends, and when you tried to hurt me during the exams, I was already crushing on you.

I think I may have liked you when you first kissed me. Sorry...You probably only did it to tease me. I went ahead and turned it into something else...And now I can't seem to leave you alone...

Katsuki, do you hate me? Are you mad at me? Even though you're not feeling well and you probably just need to rest, all I want to do is be next to you...I'm so sorry that I'm this annoying..."

"You have such nerve...Telling me all of this as if I didn't know it, already." He smiled a little bit at his view. "So, you like me, right? Then why are you still crying about it?"

"Because, you'll no longer want to be friends with me...I'm scared that you'll just want to stop hanging out with me if I ask to be something more..." She relaxed after wiping off the last of her tears and explained herself. "It's not like you feel the same anyway, so..."

'What an idiot.' Bakugo told himself. '[____], I like you. I want to say it back but I can't. I won't say it. Seriously, what a fucking idiot.'

He stood up from his bed to grab a hoodie from his closet since he was starting to feel cold. 'I shouldn't of opened the door...She probably would of been gone, by now.'

"Katsuki...What are you thinking about?"

He walked back to face [____]. Still standing, he placed a hand on top of her head to pet it. "Your hair is soft.."

'How strange...Kirishima and Sero did this, and it felt weird and offensive...But when Katsuki does it...It almost feels like it's affection.'

[____] smiled at her crush. "Is that a compliment..?"

"No, I'm stating a fact." He took it back.

"Oh..."

"Hey, tell me something." He finally grabbed the greeting card and opened it up, only to show [____] the signatures inside. "Why did that nerd sign this? You really think that's gonna make me feel better?"

[____] laughed at his expression. 'Even though he's angry, he's not burning it...He probably doesn't mind that Izuku wrote him a message.'

"Katsuki, your friends care a lot about you."

"Deku isn't my friend." He lightly kicked her leg before dropping the card back to his bed and placing his hands inside the hoodie's pockets. "I want to get out of here already, damnit."

"Out of your house...?"

"I should be tutoring you right now, or training you or some other crap. Instead...You're here, looking down on me 'cause I'm like this."

"I'm not looking down on you..."

He moved the box of chocolates out of his way so he could sit closer to her. "Are you lying?"

"No way! I'd never lie to you..." [____] fidgeted a little bit. "That's why, hurry up and feel better. I want to train with you, too."

He grinned at her comment. "Are you sure that's what you want? You know, I won't go easy on you just 'cause you're a girl."

"I wasn't expecting you to go easy..." [____] blushed a little bit, "Katsuki...Can I ask you for something?"

"What is it?"

"Can I hug you, again?" She wasn't sure if she could even call her first attempt a 'hug'; it was more like a weird wrestling pose. "Y-You don't have to agree, if you don't want to—!"

He leaned closer to her, slowly moving one of his palms over her eyes, covering them. "I'll give you something better."

A kiss.

A generous one, too. It lasted a little longer than the others. [____] could sense that he was using a little force with his body movements to push her down just enough so she could lie her back on his bed.

He stopped right then for a moment, just to remove his hand from her face to look into her eyes.

'Should I say 'thank you'...? He only did it, because he thought about me, right? There's no way he feels the same...He hasn't said so..., I know I shouldn't be checking him out when he's sick, it's not right! But he looks really hot and exhausted...And he's looking right at me...'

"You think too much..." Katsuki meddled in her self-conflict. "Everything would be so much quicker if you just do what you want, instead of thinking about it."

"Katsuki..." [____] wanted to touch his forehead, right then. He was starting to look really tired, somehow. "Are you alri—?!"

The door suddenly opened and Kirishima barged inside. "Bakugo!! I'm sorry I'm late, I had to find a partner for—!! Ah? [____]?"

His best friend turned back to glare at him, not saying a word. Though, [____] covered her mouth after she exclaimed. "Kirishima!! It's not what it looks like!"

"Ahh, you make it so obvious that it is, though..." Eijiro turned his back at the two of them. He waited while his two friends sat back up on the bed to look at them.

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"What are you doing here, [____]? Didn't I ask you not to come over?"

"Yeah, you did, but—! You actually said Katsuki wouldn't want to see anybody yet you're here right now, too! So it shouldn't matter."

Kirishima shook his head. "That's different! I can be here, but not you!"

Bakugo remained calm, listening to the small argument the two of them were having. He laid back again, using his elbows for enough support to elevate the top part of his body.

"That's not fair...you also said Katsuki would hate me if I came over, but he wasn't mad at me at all!"

"Yeah, I noticed that when I walked in."

[____] looked at Bakugo so he could help her cover it up, but the blond just sighed. "I don't care for this conversation..."

"[____], please listen. You can't be here when Bakugo is sick like this— I made him a promise and I can't break it. Even if you're here, already, you have to leave, right now!"

"Ahh?! But Katsuki or his mom haven't kicked me out! It's their house, not yours!"

"I know that, but you just have to leave! If Bakugo can't say it, I will!"

The girl pouted. "Why can't he say it? Katsuki, do you really want me to leave? If not, tell Kirishima to stop being mean to me."

"I'm not being mean! I'm just looking out for the both of you!"

"How so?!"

Kirishima picked on a part of his spiky hair while he thought of a good excuse. "Well...You see...Um...Bakugo, you tell her!"

"You two..." His best friend grunted as he sat back up. "Just be quiet, please..."

"Please?!" [____], after all this time, she realized something was wrong and it wasn't just a fever that made her crush use proper manners. "Kirishima! What's wrong with him!?"

"That's exactly what I'm trying to tell you! He's not himself, right now!" Eijiro decided it had gone too far and it was time for her to know the truth, since Katsuki basically exposed himself already. "He was cursed!!"

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"A curse?!" [____] gasped. "Katsuki was cursed?!"

"That's what I'm assuming. He's been acting strange since last night, when we left your house...At first he said it was just a headache, but then he started talking differently. Saying things he wouldn't normally say—"

"Such as...?"

Kirishima paused. "Just...Things you'd imagine you never hear him say. How he feels...I think?"

"Like, speaking only the truth?"

"I guess so..."

[____] closed her eyes in disbelief. "...Guys...I may know the person who caused this...I'm not certain, though, but perhaps he can still help us figure this out."

"Really?! Who?!"

"....Hideaki."

Katsuki's eyes widened. 'That fucking bastard...I'll kill him when I see him!'

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[an; 4/5! Woo! Who's excited!? I'm excited cause i have so many drafts saved for this story! I'm sorry I suck at updating :D we're gonna do a few time skips after the exams are finished cause I'm trying to get this story moving lol

On another note; my daughter is finally drinking cows milk aw she's growing up I'm sad 😢]