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"Why the fuck are you dressed like a grandma?!"

Bakugo couldn't contain his laughter as he viewed [____]'s outfit from head to toe, the moment she walked out of her house.

She was rocking grey sweatpants, a white baggy t-shirt she usually wore for lounging around her room comfortably and one of her father's knit sweaters since it was cold.

To top it all off she was also using a white cotton face mask to protect herself from morning allergies. It made her voice sound a little muffled whenever she spoke. "I didn't have anything else to wear for exercise, don't laugh!! This sweater isn't for grandmas— It's my dad's, and it's name brand. I'm going to be sweating in these anyway. What I wear shouldn't even matter!"

"It shouldn't...but you look so damn gross, using your old man's cardigan."

"For your information, I don't have many fall or winter clothes— My mom only shops for summer because it's her favorite season. All I have is crop tops, dresses and skirts, which I don't wear because the weather is kind of groggy, right now!!"

"Why don't you buy your own, then?" Bakugo didn't seem to have any idea why she would tell him all of this in the first place. "This is what happens when you let others shop for you. End up looking like a freaking elderly person...Take that shit off."

"But I'll be cold, if I do!"

"You're an idiot. That's why I brought mine with me."

'The hoodie that's wrapped around his waist...' [____] eyed it for a second. 'He was going to let me use it?!'

It wasn't the last time he would do such a thing, but [____] was feeling like if it was a once in a lifetime chance and so she finished taking off her dad's outerwear to replace it with Katsuki's. "Okay! I'll go put this back and then we can lea—"

"Too late. I won't give it to you, I just decided...I'm going to wear it." Bakugo waited until she was basically shivering from the weather to tell her that. "You can use that ugly one, instead. It's payback."

"Payback for what, exactly?!"

"Making me wait longer than ten minutes." He put on his hoodie, then pulled out some headphones and his phone out of his blue sweats' pockets. He extended an arm to show her the screen of his cell, it displayed 11 minutes and 34 seconds in the stopwatch app.

"I didn't know you were actually timing me!" [____] pulled down her cotton mask in disbelief. "Are you going to start doing that for everything I do, from now on?"

"Maybe; if it pleases me."

She placed her dad's sweater back on, making sure her phone was still inside of it. "I got a text..."

As soon as she announced it, Bakugo drew near her to read the message from her screen as well.

"Why the fuck is that asshole texting you?!" Katsuki wasn't finished reading the first message, but he didn't have to in order to get upset.

As soon as he saw Shoto's name in there, he was mentally preparing himself to challenge him for a fight.

"Ahh, you see...I kind of forgot to mention it to you last night, well with what happened and all...But, I kinda, sorta, maybe let Todoroki join our team for the upcoming exams—"

"YOU DID WHAT?!" He seized her cell phone to read their entire conversation. After realizing that there wasn't much to it, he gave it back to her.

"Katsuki, please don't be upset with me. I had the best intentions in mind! I only did it so that we could have a better chance at getting a top score during the combat test—!"

When he felt like he heard enough of her reason, he placed his headphones on; turning up the music he was listening to so he could ignore her. "....We're going to run 5 miles. Try to catch up with me."

"R-Right...Starting when?! Oh!" [____] noticed she was being left behind already; she jogged after him. "Wait—! Where are we running to?! Are we just going to go around in circles?! Katsuki, what if we get lost?! Do you know where we are going—?!"

He pulled one of the headphone's speakers aside of his ear just to make sure she was still behind him. "Just follow me!!"

"Okay!"

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They stopped in front of a small outdoor shopping center about fifty minutes later since Katsuki had to keep stopping so [____] could take breaks.

He got there a few minutes earlier than she did, he had the time to buy a cold water bottle from the closest shop while waiting.

Bakugo watched her gasp for air when she reached the resting stop. "Katsuki...shouldn't we...hah, hah, start with jogging, next time..? Haaah, I never been really good at running...I always feared of getting hah, a heart attack..."

"No wonder you're so fat." He joked, taking the first sip and offering it to her as well. "You thirsty?"

"I'm not...hah, fat! I just...Think...hah, hah...I just think we should do three miles first...hah, five is...too much..." She finished catching her breath before answering his question. "This is an indirect kiss, though..."

He squeezed the bottle a little too hard, almost crushing it and letting all of the water spill. "So what?! We kissed before, this is nothing!!"

"I...I guess your right..." She huffed one last time before taking the container out of his hand to drink more than half of its content. "Aaah, thank you."

"You even sound like a grandma when you make those ugly gulping noises."

"Why do you have to be so mean to me, at this hour..." [____] yawned. It was only five in the morning, she had slept a total for four hours since she was up all night designing her final draft for her hero costume. "I wanna go to bed..."

"Lighten up, it was a joke." He began to walk a little more into the shopping center and she followed after him, subconsciously.

"Katsuki..Are we going to have to run back home, too? I still gotta shower and get ready for class...I'm gonna be exhausted if we have to do that all over again, without a proper break..."

"Nah." He stopped in front of a popular American breakfast diner to point at the sign using a thumb. "We're going inside."

"Really?!" [____] jumped a little. Regardless of the way he kept speaking to her, she could of sworn this whole thing was actually a date. Not that their relationship was fully established yet or anything, she just felt that way already.

"Why are you acting all bubbly, now? Where was this energy an hour ago?!"

"Sorry...Sometimes I get very excited about food..."

"So that means you're actually hungry, right? Let's get you something to eat before we go back."

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'He really can be this nice, whenever he tries...Inviting me to a place like this so early in the morning, it's a lot like a date...'

[____] placed her menu up; blocking her view from her crush on purpose. She observed the rest of the people who were inside. 'There's a lot of couples eating breakfast in here...It's kind of making me feel nervous. Do we look like a couple, too?'

"Hi, welcome. May I take your choice of drink?" A nice waitress reached their table to write down what they wanted to eat.

"Two waters—"

[____] almost slammed the menu down to point at a picture of a limited edition, cinnamon roll flavored pancakes. "Katsuki! Can I get this?! It looks really good!"

"No way. You're getting something more like this." He stole the laminated list of options out of her hands and showed her what he was talking about.

"A 'seniors only' menu?!"

"Shut it, grandma!" Her crush snapped his fingers at the waitress. "You! Bring her the most healthiest dish you can think of. Make it easily digestible, too. She can't chew very well, she's old. Her teeth are falling and that's why she's wearing that stupid mask."

"Hey! Stop messing around!" [____] took off the cotton veil from her mouth and threw it at him since it was the only thing she could do to make him stop laughing.

"Gross! Don't throw your germs at me!!"

The waitress was smiling the entire time, "I'll be back in a few minutes to bring you your order, alright?"

"Whatever." Bakugo waited until she was gone so he could stick his tongue out at his crush.

[____] tried to ignore him. "....Grade schooler."

"What did you say?!"

"I said I want to get the pancakes!" She opened the menu again to look for the picture one more time. "They look really good, and it's only here for a limited time—!"

"Who the fuck cares what you want to eat— I'm cutting your calorie intake as part of your training. You'll thank me later."

"If I keep exercising with you some more, then that means I should eat more calories! Are you trying to torture me, really?!" She whined as the waitress placed a dish in front of her and a hot cup of coffee next to Bakugo so soon.

[____] looked at the plate of egg whites and mushrooms. ".....Why did you let me look at the menu if you had already pre-ordered for us?!"

"I wanted to see the dumbass face that you're making right now, that's why."

"This looks weird, too..." [____] picked on the steamed spinach with her fork.

"I thought you liked this kind of food. Wasn't it you, who picked a stupid cup of fresh vegetables amongst everything else in a convenience store— to eat, last time?"

"Yes! But that was only that one time—! I like to have a variety of foods, I can eat healthy and unhealthy whenever I want to."

"Not anymore; you can't. I'm in charge of getting you in shape for the exam, so you're gonna do as I say."

[____] didn't want to admit that she could sometimes find his demanding tone a little attractive. "...What happens if I don't?"

"I'll burn the top of your head off— So you can fully look like your old man while wearing that shitty cardigan." He made his palm ignite a few sparks, just to scare [____].

She shook her head once, shutting her eyes tightly. "Alright! I got it! Stop being so mean, though..."

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"Katsuki, you're not eating?" It took her a few minutes to notice that all he was doing was browsing on his phone and sipping on dark coffee every now and then.

He began to type something using only one hand. "Already did, back at home."

"Eh..." [____] continued to finish her meal in front of him. 'I wonder if he didn't have enough money to pay for the both of us, and so he ended up only buying me something...I'd feel bad, If that was the case...'

'But that's crazy, Katsuki wouldn't do something like that...Actually, he would just pay for himself and tell me to do the same thing...'

He cleared his throat, breaking her train of thoughts. "About Icyhot joining our team....How did it happen?"

"Ah, well...He pulled me aside during lunch time yesterday and kind of said something about there being an odd number in our class after I joined...

He already had a signed permission slip from Mr. All Might to use the grounds for practice. All of our names were written on there, so I didn't feel like saying no after he went through all that trouble...

Also, I'm not as strong as the rest of our classmates are...This is my very first time attending a hero course, so I felt as if I was just going to hold you back. I thought that, maybe having him in our team meant we could have a better chance of getting a better grade...so I accepted for the both of us..."

Bakugo gritted his teeth, feeling mocked. "You're underestimating me, that's what the fuck you're doing."

"I'm not underestimating you..! I'm doing that to myself."

"Exactly, you don't think that I can train you to become a worthy exam partner?! You're stupid for falling for his dumbass excuse. All he wants to do is steal you away."

"I...I really don't think so, but I'm sorry...I knew I should of waited to talk to you about it, first since it's not just me in this team..."

"Whatever." He looked away at her crappy apology. "I won't work with him, if that's what you're hoping for. Im going to do things my fucking way, and so are you."

"H-How cruel...." [____] wondered how that's going to be like.

"Tomorrow morning, we'll level up your training." He stated. "You're going to run 5 miles again, this time without taking so many damn breaks in between."

"A-Already?! But...I kind of agreed to meeting Todoroki for practice in the afternoon...Maybe the three of us should train together?"

"No way in hell." He immediately responded. "What the fuck are you doing, making plans with that fucker?! Cancel them!"

"I would if it made sense to, but I don't think it's a good idea to not include him during practice, we should at least give him an idea of our game plan...Or something..."

He hated to agree, but it was what he had to do. "Fine...then, see me after you're done hanging out with that prick. 2 pm on the clock."

"Only two hours..." [____] thought about how much she could possibly accomplish with that amount of time. "It took me one hour to just run here..."

"Two hours with him is more than plenty." Katsuki mentioned. "If you spend anymore time with him, I'll kill you."

"Okay..."

"Meet me at the train station by your house once you're finished dealing with that. I'm going to be texting you the entire time, just to make sure you two are actually training and you're not taking him into that love hotel—"

"I'm not going to do anything other than practice, I promise!" She closed her eyes, not wanting to hear about the mistake she made last night.

Katsuki crossed his arms, satisfied with her answers. "And dress like a girl your age, next time. Not like you're 70."

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[an: ❤️GOODMORNING ❤️I actually won't be updating anymore until September 10th.

I'm going to urayasu for a week to celebrate my daughter's first birthday with her dad's side of the family and I'm totally looking forward to go into Disneyland (it's my first time there) !!!!! totally not looking forward to riding in a plane with a toddler tho lmao

I pinky promise I'll update as soon as I'm back home. So keep this story in your library (please I beg of you😭😅!! It's gonna get good soon!!) See you guys until then!! ]