[WARNING: this is suuuuuper long. (as always doesn't follow the current plot this is just a one shot) posted days after Valentine's Day lmao what can I say? I suck.

it has a lot of mistakes as always but this took me 7 hours to write/review/polish so. If you make it til the end just know that I'll love you forever 😣🥺 I'll see you on the other side, yes?!]

VALENTINE'S SPECIAL 2020
"Part 1"

🌸🌸MON. FEB 10th.🌸🌸

"— And so, disciplinary actions will be maximized for those of you who think it's alright to come into my class late, not show up at all without a proper permission slip or even have any kind of electronics during school hours..." Mr. Aizawa decided to end his class with a lecture since he had about ten minutes or so to spare.

Everyone listened, but every time he would turn his back to continue cleaning the chalk board, [____] noticed one of her friends who sat next to her, he kept pulling out his cell phone to text under his desk. 'You're gonna get in trouble, Kaminari...'

She felt her own cell phone vibrate on her blazer's pocket. 'It's Mina....Should I open the app? She keeps sending them...'

"Of course, with the exception of lunch hours and passing periods...I will be furthering punishment if I see phones out, specifically. Expect something along the lines of...humiliation." Shota was just trying to scare his students when he paused to add even more effect.

[____] took a chance to check her texts as if she didn't just hear what her homeroom teacher had announced.

[____] began to type when she felt safe enough to do it under her desk, just like her friend was doing. 'If one of us gets caught...We'll be so done for.'

Mina replied too fast, it made her friend glance back to see if she even had her phone out; something about how quick she was at texting made [____] think she had psychic powers that connected her mind with her phone and would automatically send messages just by thinking about them.

As [____] began to type a reply; a person creeped up in front of her desk and scared her. "Read it for the whole class, Amachi."

"Eeeh?! But—!!"

"Let others know what's more important than my lecture, or I'll read out loud your name as I'm writing it up for a principal meeting." He assured her by pulling out a black ink pen from his pocket. "This is exactly what I'm talking about, class. Humiliation."

'He's serious about it, too...' [____] could feel her heart beating out of her chest, and the stares of her classmates. She gulped. "Kaminari didn't even get caught, but somehow I did...This is what I get..'

And for what felt the longest second of her life; [____] kept in mind what Mina was telling her about keeping their meet-up a secret. 'I guess I have no choice but to read someone else's messages...'

"If you want to stall, Amachi. Go right ahead; there's only one minute left of school but your classmates will not be able to leave this room until they see that I mean business."

Multiple people groaned in response, making [____] feel immediate guilt. "Alright! I'll read it!"

As if luck was on her side that day; she received a new message from her father. Which allowed her to read that instead, for the rest of the students. "Um...It's from my dad, and he says:

'[____], honey, we're at the airport, heading to Hawaii soon. Remember that we love you so much, so don't get a boyfriend because you have us. With love, your Papa.'"

'That was a little embarrassing, but it's fine, everyone here should know that my parents are too much...' [____] sighed of relief, just as another text appeared on her screen. She instinctively read that out loud, too.

"'P.S. Don't forget to wash your underwear with the special baby soap your mommy left you in the....' Uh..."

She could tell her friends were trying hard not to laugh; Mina and Sero were covering their mouths with their hands. Kaminari looked at the window, his body movements making it obvious that he was tittering as silent as he could.

Kirishima looked embarrassed for her, and [____] couldn't see what their team leader was doing since he was sitting behind her desk and she was too nervous to try to see his glare at a time like this.

Mr. Aizawa achieved what he said he would do; humiliate the girl as a form of punishment. He kept a straight face, even as he dismissed his students once the bell rang. "Amachi, Iida, Mineta & Bakugo. You four have cleaning duty, so stay behind the rest."

[____] sat back down on her chair, feeling Mina's warm hand give her a pat on her shoulder before she left. "Don't forget to meet us in the locker rooms, baby panties!!"

"Oh, great...A new nickname, huh..."

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"Hey, glasses. What the fuck is this?!" Katsuki called Tenya over to point at a dusty part of the floor. "You call that cleaning?! I thought you swept!!"

"I assure you, there must be some type of mistake since I remember correctly— I swept properly every inch of this floor."

"My ass— Go fetch the broom again!! I can't mop when there's shit on the ground!"

"Bakugo, I will sweep again to your standards but only if you stop using swear words while you are still inside UA's premises and—"

"HEY, CHEEKS!!" Instead of listening to the class representative, he called the only girl over. "Go get the goddamn broom, would'ya?!"

"Y-Yes!!" [____] was still thinking about the last five minutes of class and all; she was wiping down everybody's desks with only half her energy until her crush startled her. "Um...Where is the broom again?! Oh, I see it!"

Mineta was using it to clean the corners of the ceiling from cobwebs, since he was too short to use a duster, even when standing on top of Mr. Aizawa's desk. "Minoru, can I use that when you're done?"

The grape juice hero acted as if he longed for this moment. He wiggled his fingers as he spoke, "Only if you tell me what type of baby soap you use to wash your underwear, [__— Hey, Bakugo!! Put me down!!"

[____] tried to stop her crush from hurting anybody while their teacher wasn't there. "Katsuki, don't get us in trouble!"

"Stop being a fucking creep, you gnat!!" Bakugo was holding on to the back of Mineta's blazer to pull him up. He snatched the broom stick out of his hands before dropping him back on top of the desk. "I need this shit!! Since none of you seem to know how to clean!!"

'I thought he was mad about something else...But I guess not...?' [____] watched the angry blond taking over the rest of the cleaning duties on his own and not allowing the other three join him. 'He's really going for it...Its kind of cute.'

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When they were finished (or more like, Bakugo was) [____] grabbed her school bag and got ready to leave the room after her classmates to head to the lockers since Mina kept pestering her about it.

"Why are you in such a hurry?!" Her crush's voice was enough to stop her from taking another step away from him. "Aren't you going home?!"

"Eh?...Ah...Um..." [____] struggled to make up something to replace the truth from the blond. His red eyes staring at hers wasn't making things easier. "I...I forgot, something in the gym room...S-So, I—"

"Give it up, I know you're hiding something." He saved her from lying, just like that. "It's so obvious that it's stupid. I'm not gonna ask what it is, but if it involves me in any way, then keep me out of it. Got it?"

"It doesn't involve you!" [____] informed, even though she was still unsure about it herself. 'At least I don't think it does...'

"Liar."

"I am not!!"

He was silent for a bit, "...If you want to, when you're finished with whatever you're lying about..We could go somewhere to eat, or not. I don't really care..."

It's been a while since [____] heard him speak so softly to her; it caused her to naturally agree to anything he'd ask. "Yeah! I'd like that!"

Katsuki tried not to look at her cute face; "Then hurry up! I'll wait for you by the shoe 'boards in 40. I'm gonna go work out at the grounds, in the meantime."

[____] nodded once, biting her lips together in excitement. "I can't wait!"

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"Mina...What is this about?!" After running to the girls' lockers to save some time, [____] entered the room with almost no energy. "What's so important?! And also, you were saying to keep it a secret; but like—?!"

She noticed it wasn't just Mina inside, but all of the girls in their class. They were sitting on the benches, so close together that it took a while for [____] to notice someone else was tied up in the middle of them.

"A kidnapping?!" [____] covered her mouth in shock.

Even though she called it that, Rikido Sato wasn't struggling at all. Not even while she rushed to his aid and took off the hot pink-colored bandana that was stuffed into his mouth. "Are you okay?! Are you hurt?!"

Sato shook his head after seeing how [____] became so worried real fast. 'As I thought, girls can be so nice and pure...Pretty boys are so lucky, to get this kind of treatment whenever they want. I have to be in a semi-dangerous situation to get a girl to care for me even for just a second.'

[____] backed away after seeing he had no marks of any kind. Mina acted hurt for a second, "Wow, [____]-chan. If you wanna get all touchy touchy with someone, why not pick me?!"

"It wasn't like that!"

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Mina explained things after making sure the doors were fully closed and no one was around the hallway to hear her speak. "Listen, [____]. Sato is an amazing baker! He makes all kinds of sweets and so I asked him to help us, girls, make all sorts of fun chocolates to give our loved ones this Valentine's Day and he agreed!"

"If he agreed, then why was he tied up?!" [____] was still confused on that part; she watched Momo and Jiro untie the guy without any problem once all of the girls Ashido called over were there.

Mina shrugged; "I had a rope in my bag today."

"Why would you carry a rope wherever you go?!"

"Calm down, baby panties. I don't carry it always. You're so cute when you freak out."

[____] sat down on the bench, feeling overwhelmingly defeated by her already. "Alright, I'll forget I asked...But, Sato, you weren't pressured to say yes, were you?"

"Not at all. I know Ashido tends to get carried away sometimes."

[____] blinked a few times before asking, "...It's not the first time Mina ties you up, is it?"

"It is not."

"Hehe," The yellow eyed girl pretended like no one was judging her, "Anyway! Sato was just agreeing on creating extra special recipes for our special someones, if you're catching my drift—"

[____] had to interrupt. "Katsuki has said it over and over, how much he hates sweet things."

"I'm pretty sure there's something else you could make for him, [____]." Momo was flipping through a cook-book filled with pictures of sweet desserts. It belonged to Sato; he was asked by Mina to bring it to school the night before.

"There's a spicy truffle recipe in here, kero." Tsuyu and Uraraka pointed it out as well.

"This will be so much more fun if we're all in it together!"

Those few words convinced [____] far too quickly. "I guess so...But, I can't start today. Maybe tomorrow?"

"Works out great! Tomorrow, after school— let's all head to Yaomomo's house, since she has the biggest kitchen! Ah...No offense [____]. I'm sure your kitchen is almost as big!" Mina pleaded forgiveness using her hands.

"I don't see how that's offensive...But does that work out for everyone, too?"

The group agreed.

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It took some teamwork to sneak Rikido out of the girls locker room without getting caught; Momo, Kyoka and [____] were the only girls not being a part of Mina's scheme this time.

"I really don't understand why she'd had to tie him up if he had already said yes..." [____] brought it up as they walked behind the rest of their classmates. "Mina can be too unpredictable, sometimes..."

"She is, but do you really wanna try to figure out what's inside of Mina's head?" Jiro answered her own question soon after asking it; "I bet all she thinks about is boys and makeup for the most part."

"True..."

"I really hope Todoroki likes my chocolates..." Yaoyorozu stopped walking after she realized she said such a thing out loud. "They're obligatory, of course! He's helped me a lot during exams!"

[____] waited for the girl to catch up again to ask; "Do you have feelings for Todoroki, Momo?"

"Of course she does."

"I wouldn't say..." Her voice trailed off after hearing Kyoka tease her. "Jiro...Aren't you making chocolates for Kaminari and as well for Tokoyami?"

"I am, but those are definitely obligatory!!"

[____] was giggling at the rest of their conversation until she felt a presence walking behind them. She looked back a couple of times, but didn't see anyone so she tried to shrug it off as if it was part of her imagination.

🌸🌸🌸🌸

The seven girls and single guy had finished switching up their shoes in the cupboard area of the school when Rikido pointed out how nice the sunset looked through the glass windows and doors.

"It's almost sunset, isn't it? I always loved this tone of pink in the sky!!" Mina announced. "Hey, everyone! We should totally ask Mr. Aizawa to let us decorate our homeroom with lots of hearts on the 14th during free period! Can you imagine how cute it would look?!"

Uraraka agreed as the girls followed her outside, heading home. "Super cute!! Let's do it!!"

"Where do you two find this much energy all of the time?" Kyoka's question was the last thing [____] heard as their voices started to fade away.

The girl took her time to finish switching up her shoes and locking her school ones away before Sato cleared his throat, surprising her. "You're leaving too?"

"I...I have to wait for Katsuki, here...So, no...If you see Mina and the rest on your way out, could you tell them that for me, please?"

"Okay." He was getting ready to leave when she called him out by his first name.

"Rikido, thanks for helping all of us on this! I know we haven't started and all, but I heard only good things about your baking skills and I can't wait to work with you!" She confessed. "So, really, thank you!"

Sato felt a little bit shy to look at her while replying, "Don't worry, Amachi. I won't let any of you down. So, I'll see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow!" Her tone of voice didn't change at all, she was only excited to create sweets for the guy she had a crush on. It was obvious and yet for some odd reason— Rikido couldn't help but think otherwise.

'She really is...so sweet. How does a girl like that fall for a guy like Bakugo? Maybe she doesn't know better.'

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[____] waited exactly five minutes after Sato was gone to text her crush and let him know she was waiting for him.

"Maybe I should call him..." She told herself before feeling something small and hard hit the back of her head. "What is...this?"

She knelt to the ground to grab the small item; it looked like a dark brown rock. Or a nugget of copper, even.  [____] turned around to see if someone had thrown it at her, but again, she thought she was going crazy since no one was there.

"Oi, cheeks. What are you doing on the ground?!" Bakugo was walking towards her before she knew it; she was far too focused on what in the world hit her. "Get up, we're going to get ramen if you wanna."

"Katsuki, did you happen to see anyone on your way here?" [____] took the hand he offered to help her stand again; it was actually the first time he's ever done that but [____] didn't have the time to think more about it right then.

"No, now let's get out of here, I had enough of school for one day."

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[____] thought the rock was weird-looking, so she placed it in her pocket before heading to the ramen shop with her crush.

On their way there, Katsuki brought up the subject of Valentine's Day in a rather unexpected manner. "I fucking hate chocolates, just so you know."

"Eh?"

"What girls celebrate on the 14th... is so stupid. So, in case you were planning on doing anything for me...Just don't."

'He's so sure of himself, isn't he? He could say this without even knowing for a fact that I am thinking about surprising him!! I mean, I am...But now it just feels like he'll hate it no matter what I'd do...'

"I wanted to give everyone chocolates and candy..." In a way, [____] dismissed the idea of making him feel special even if she really wanted to, at first. "It's not like Valentine's Day is a huge deal to me or anything..."

"Oh?" He made a disbelieving sound. "Since when did you stop caring about mushy crap like this? I still remember you leaving candy on my desk in grade school."

"That was one time! We only spent Valentine's Day one time, as kids!! We were seven or eight years old; and I handed fun dip lollipops to every single one of my classmates, not just you! I've done this each year— ever since I was younger!"

"Stop making up shit and admit that you liked me, even then."

"I'm not making things up, Katsuki! I don't know if you know this, but I was raised a bit differently than you... I always give candy to others on Valentine's Day, it's kind of mandatory in other countries' schools to handout cards and sweets to your classmates.

It's a little different in Japan, I know. But I always found it fascinating...how you could make someone's day a little bit brighter by handing them sweets and without making it seem romantically."

As [____] reminisced about the good old days, back when she was younger and didn't see Valentine's Day as anything other than giving and receiving sweets from her friends; Katsuki placed a hand on his hip as they stopped in front of his favorite ramen shop. (They sold an extra spicy broth in there made out of infinity chili, so it made his list of top 10 places he'd spent his money on.)

"Did you give any candy to Deku, then?" He asked before walking in.

"Of cour—"

"What's the fucking point of this day, anyway?" He cut her off in order to not hear her complimenting his frienemy. "You can give sweets and candy to anyone at any damn time. Why make it just one day per year to show your affection to others? It's what makes it so annoying."

'I guess I can agree with him, even if he is just complaining...' [____] didn't reply and therefore that conversation had ended and stored away for another time.

'Does this mean that I shouldn't give him anything, this year? But he's the only guy I like...'

🌸💥TUE. FEB 11th🌸💥

"Katsuki...What's this?" [____] asked in the morning, as she switched her black shoes into her school ones. He handed her a cream-colored envelope with a heart sticker in the middle of the flaps without saying much. "Is this—?!"

"Read the label before you ask me anything stupid, cheeks."

[____] flipped the paper around to see who wrote it. "...It's for you, from a girl in class C."

'But why is he showing it to me? Is he trying to tell me something?'

"Are you done getting your shit? I want you to check this out." He gestured her to follow him towards his own cupboard, which was one row under Todoroki's.

The blond shoved his classmate aside to make space for [____] to see what he was talking about. "Move, half and half bastard!"

"Katsuki, apologize to him!!" [____] demanded although Shoto was finished putting on his shoes and was already walking away from the both of them, nonchalantly.

"Fuck that guy; he's not important. Look at this!!" He opened his small locker and allowed a pile of colorful cards to fall onto the ground. "Annoying as shit, right?!"

[____] stopped counting the letters after twenty or so. 'That's more than our whole class, altogether...How many girls in UA are crushing on Katsuki, too?

Every time I get comfortable, thinking I'm the only one who could deal with his attitude, I get reminded that I'm not...& there really are girls out there who like his face too much...'

"So?! What do you think?!" Katsuki interrupted her thoughts to ask. "Cheeks, stop looking like an idiot and answer me, damnit."

"...I just...I don't know if you want to make me feel bad or jealous of you, right now.."

"Tch. I don't want you to feel either of those. I'm showing you my reasons why I want us to trade lockers for the remaining of the week."

That wasn't what [____] was expecting to hear at all, she tilted her head a little in confusion. "Huh?"

"I get shit like this from other people on Valentine's. No matter how many times I throw or burn them, more keep showing up every year. I'm starting to think they know it bothers me and so they wanna challenge me, or something!"

'He's so mad about it...He really believes people just want to fight him, doesn't he?' [____] picked up a few of the cards to inspect them one by one. 'Well...It doesn't look like they're prank letters at all, actually...He's more popular than he knows.'

"I'm gonna leave my name on the locker, if I switch it up, more of this shit is gonna show up on yours. So just put your shit in here and don't tell a single soul that I made you do it."

He handed [____] a folded piece of paper that included his locker combination inside as he demanded to know hers. "Here, now give me yours."

"But...That's a little embarrassing! I mean, sharing passwords and such...Isn't that kind of what couples would do?"

"Shit. You really have a way of making everything seem romantic, you know?"

"I'm sorry..."

The tone of her voice was filled with insecurities; Katsuki couldn't bare to hear it any longer, which is why he cleared his throat and tried his best to compliment her. "...It's because you're so crazy about me, so you're bound to overthink about shit like this."

"I wouldn't call myself 'crazy' over you, but..."

He smirked eerily as he said the next part, giving her the impression that he felt flattered in some way. "This shouldn't be a big deal to us, anyway. I like you back, remember? So knowing each other's locker combination is nothing. So cheer up already, or I'll kill you."

The last part of his sentence made the girl giggle without thinking about it. "Katsuki, okay. I will trade lockers with you!"

🌸💥And so...💥🌸

"What are you doing today after school?" [____] asked her crush as they walked side by side to their homeroom class.

"Gonna go to shitty hair's house, he wants to level up on some dumb ass game and claims he needs my help."

"You two must really love playing video games...I find it cool." [____] admitted, then thought about a man she hadn't seen play in a while.

'I bet my father and him would get along if they both play together, sometime! Oh, but if only my dad wasn't a total weirdo who tries to pull me away from having any guy friends....'

[____] shook her head once to help her clear her mind and change the subject. "Well, I'm heading to Yaoyorozu's with Mina and the re—"

"—I didn't ask what you were gonna do." Katsuki seemed uninterested as he said it. "So why'd you start telling me?"

"I guess that's true...But, I... It's like— Whenever you tell me what your schedule is, I feel comfortable somehow. I don't have to worry about you bumping into trouble with others, or picking fights with strangers if you tell me that you have plans and stuff...

I'd imagine you would feel the same way, if I tell you what I'm gonna do after school..."

"I get it...You're just clingy."

'Clingy?!' [____]'s eyes widened a bit. "I'm not clingy! It's not like I ask to come with you all of the time, or something!! Katsuki, take it back!"

The girl wasn't realizing that he only wanted to tease her. He walked a little faster to have her face his back. "If you're gonna cry about what I said, then...I have no choice but to pick you up after you're finished with your shit."

"What..?"

"You heard me. I said I'll pick you up from ponytail's house when you're done. Just text me the address."

🌸🌸after school🌸🌸

As stated, all of the girls and Sato met up in Momo's home to practice making sweets for their classmates.

Yaoyorozu's maids and butlers handed each student an apron and proper utensils to start mixing the various ingredients they had placed on the long banquet table.

'This all looks surreal...I've seen many places around the world, with my parents and all but...How can Momo's parents live like this?!?! This is basically a castle!!'

"It must be a lot to take in, for the first time. Even [____] looks astonished by the size of Yaomomo's house." Kyoka told the entire group, she wasn't fazed since she had been there before, probably more times than any other girl in UA.

"I'm sorry, was it rude of me to just stare at your ceiling lights?! They all look like little shiny crystals..." [____] tried to focus back on making chocolates.

Momo gave her a smile, "Not at all. I'm excited to have you here, Amachi."

"First things first..." Rikido meant business as soon as he ties the apricot-colored apron around his waist. "Who are you girls planning on giving chocolates to, this year?"

Mina was obviously the first one to eagerly exclaim. "Oh! Me! Me!! I want to make something special for Kiri!! He has always been in the same classes as me, but we hardly ever talked until we both joined Bakubabe's team!!

I will make obligatory chocolates for everyone too, except Mineta, but Kiri is the guy I'm opting for this year!"

"Kirishima, is it? Got it!" Rikido began to scribble on a notepad the names of the lucky guys all of the girls wanted to impress.

'How cute...' [____] suddenly thought. 'Wait! Does this mean Mina likes Eijiro?!'

"— I'm also gonna make some for Todoroki, cause he's super hot and I wish he was my boyfriend!! Oh, and Bakugo, of course. He's my team leader and he's also very sexy, I wish he was my boyfriend too, but then I'd have to share him with [____]...Also—"

'Nope, looks like that wasn't it...' [____] concluded that before getting caught up in another conversation.

"[____], you knew Deku since you were young, right...?" Uraraka asked while blushing, walking closer to the short girl. "Has he mentioned something about his favorite chocolate at all?"

"Hm...Not really. I only hung out with him for less than a year as kids. I would say as of right now, you probably hang out with him a lot more than I ever did..."

"Is that so?!" For some reason, Ochako's eyes sparkled when she heard [____] state the truth. "I didn't know exactly how long you two have been close friends for, so...This is news to me!"

"Close friends? That's news to me too...I don't even remember much of my childhood. Wait a minute, Uraraka...Do you like Izu—?!"

"— AHH!! I wonder what Iida and Deku would like!! Since I am making special obligatory chocolates for the both of them, they're my best guy friends!!" Ochako yelled it out, not only for Sato to hear, but to make [____] stop asking about her crush.

"Obligatory chocolates, huh? If you girls want me to help you whip out some simple recipes that will make huge batches of them, it's not a problem!" Rikido seemed happy to help his classmates, he gifted them all a huge smile but on the inside, he was hating himself for being too kind sometimes.

'After all...That's the only type of chocolate I ever received.'

"I want to make chocolates for everyone in class A, this year." Momo announced.

Tsuyu was on the same page as her. "Me too, kero."

"No special treatment at all....but Todoroki's should be slightly sweeter than the rest. He's a fan of sweets, isn't he, Mina?"

"Why are you asking Mina if...?" [____] stopped her question mid sentence as she watched her friend pull out a folder from her school bag that had collages of the guys in 1-A. "....Of course."

"I caught Todoroki slipping in extra sugar cubes in his strawberry drink the other day!!" Ashido was even more excited than the rest as she let them all know she was in fact, more of a stalker than anybody could imagine. "I mean, those drinks are already like 70% sugar, but to add more in there is just bizarre!!! But because he's Todoroki, it's just plain cute—"

[____] shook her head in disapproval of Mina's notes. 'But I wonder if she has anything on Katsuki that I could use...'

Sato wasn't judging as he wrote down 'extra sweet' next to Todoroki's name on his list. "Anyone else?"

"I want to make something special for this guy in class B..." Hagakure added on. "I don't really think he's picky, so anything works! Oh, and Aoyama too, he has partnered up with me enough times this year so he deserves a nice gift. I'm thinking something more fancy than the rest?"

"...I guess I'll give Kaminari something this year, otherwise he'd die of loneliness, ah, but it's obligatory." Jiro confessed, speaking softer as she kept going. "...It would be cool to make Pikachu-shaped chocolate, though..."

"Amachi? What about you?"

[____] was far too distracted, studying Kyoka's embarrassed expression to reply at first. "Huh?? Me?! Well..."

"Bakugo, obviously." Mina answered for her. "But isn't there anyone else you wanna make it extra special for?!!"

"Um...Not really, no..."

'I mean, Todoroki and Kiri are getting chocolates already, Kaminari and Izuku too...The only guys I consider my actual friends, besides Sero...Should I...?'

"Oh!! Wait hold on!!" Mina clapped her hands a few times to get Sato's attention. "Sero!! I forgot about Sero!! I'll make him chocolates too, he's always in with me late at nights when I can't sleep; I end up texting him until I'm out. He deserves something sweet!"

'I guess that's it...' [____] had to let out a sigh. 'It's just Katsuki...But he's kind of scary and hard to please...This is gonna be hard..'

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'I couldn't come up with a single good chocolate, today!!' She was crying internally about it as she began to type out Yaoyorozu's address to send to her crush, once the group was finished trying out different recipes.

"What's wrong with the spicy truffles you made? I think they looked good!" Mina was helping Tsuyu and Ochako pack up the imperfect looking chocolate in boxes to trade them and take home for themselves. "If you keep practicing, maybe they'll even be edible, next time!!"

"Who would have known I ended up with my father's curse..." [____] recalled her dad making great looking food all of the time, but they all tasted like sewer trash. "If I can't make one single chocolate right by the 14th— Katsuki is getting store bought ones!"

"Amachi, don't sweat it! I'm sure you and I can come up with a better recipe tomorrow." Rikido tried to cheer up the cute girl. "If you want, I could give you my email address and we can exchange ingredient lists there, and—"

"— Miss Yaoyorozu, sorry to barge in so uncivilized, but you have more guests waiting for you in the main entrance. They are wearing UA uniforms, so I thought I'd ask them to wait while I inform you of their presence." An old butler bowed his head at the black-haired girl as he walked into the dining area.

"I wonder who they could be..." Momo's question was soon asked when she heard a certain blond guy beginning to argue with another one of her family's workers about not being able to go any further into her home until she confirmed she knew of him.

"It's our hot team leader." Mina fanned herself with a hand and teased [____] about it. "Sounds like he's here for you, though."

"He's fast...I sent him Momo's address not even five minutes ago.."

"Um..." Rikido tried to bring up the subject again, about exchanging emails with [____]. Though, he gave up instantaneously once he remembered the kind of guy Bakugo was.

Short-tempered and ready to challenge anyone into a fight if they even breathe incorrectly next to him.

'Guess I shouldn't go after someone so out of my league, in the first place...' He reminded himself as he took a few last glances at [____].

She was trying to shove the small take out box of misc chocolates into her bag in order to rush downstairs and meet up with her crush.

🌸💥And so...🌸💥

"How did you get here so fast?" Katsuki and [____] were already on their way to the train station when she had to ask him.

"Shitty hair knew ponytail's address already. He gave it to me before I left. I was just waiting on your text to try to barge in."

"Aw, how sweet of y— Wait, did you say barge in?! Is that why you kept yelling at her workers?!"

"Who fucking cares? I got there, right? I picked you up, like I said I would and nobody got hurt. Be more happy about that last part." He rolled his eyes at the first part of his statement. "Cheeks, why do you have to be so annoying?"

"How am I annoying? I was just asking how much faster can you be? It almost seemed like you were stalking me..." [____] didn't think he would get too upset if she joked around with him for a while.

"Aha, get real. Me? Stalk you? It's the other way, dumbass." He retorted.

"What?! No it wouldn't be! I respect others' privacy."

"Good to know. Want a medal?"

[____] pouted at that. "Jerk face."

"What did you say? You wanna fight me, or kiss me?!"

"I don't—!! Wait...I mean...Yes and no?"

"It's either yes or no, pick one."

"...Yes?" She asked softly.

"You sound unsure. Maybe this whole thing should be over—"

[____] stopped him by reaching for part of his blazer; she figured it was a lot less risky than touching any part of his hand. "Wait, please! Don't leave me yet, Suki..."

He felt slight embarrassment in response. "If that's what you want. Let's go into a store, yeah? I need something to drink."

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"So....You really don't like any sweets?" [____] was determined to find a new idea for his Valentine's Day gift.

'If I can't make any chocolates; store bought candy could work!! I can even arrange them into a cute basket, or something!'

"No, no, and no." As they walked into the store, Katsuki pointed at every single sweet snack they passed by and dissed each one. "Fucking gross, I hate all sweets. Even if they claim to be spicy, it's not. It's spicy for one second and then it goes back to tasting disgustingly sweet."

"What about fruit?! You have to eat fruit! It's good for you, it has vitamins and—"

"Watermelon is alright if you smash it into bits with your quirk and then bite into jalapeños as you're eating it."

'Oh? It feels like he's a lost cause...' [____] felt like giving up entirely after hearing that. "Hold on, who eats watermelons like that?!"

"I do; it's taste better that way. Trust me. Moreover, why do you keep pestering me about this shit?! I thought I told you I didn't want anything to do with your stupid little love holiday."

"But...." [____] was at a loss for words; It pained her, really, to not be able to crack down anything on the guy she's been crushing on for weeks. "I understand, Katsuki. I'll stop asking you...Sorry."

'So sweet.' He thought about the sound of her voice. 'She's too fucking sweet, I hate it.'

"Then again, cheeks...It's not like I've tried a-lot of candy, growing up. So I wouldn't know if there's one out there that I'd like..."

Just like that, [____]'s energy came back as she took the shopping basket out of his hand and placed a lot of candy bags in it. "Then—!!! Would it be okay if we try-test some together?! You don't have to agree..."

"Great, cause I was gonna say no."

"On second thought, yes you do!! You gotta agree! If not, then I'll stop being your friend!"

"Is that a promise disguised as a threat?" He mocked.

"You laugh about it now...But I bet if I stop hanging out with you, for real, then you'd be sorry." [____] smiled at him. "I'll give you the cold shoulder so hard, you're gonna think me being kind to you was only in your head."

"Make me believe it, cheeks." He didn't back down so easily. Katsuki walked towards [____] to intimidate her with a smirk. "Make me want you back so bad, that I would kill."

'I can't look away from him...He is so attractive...'

[____] took a few steps back, hitting a cardboard display full of Valentine's Day cards and dropping majority off them on the floor. "Crap!! I'm so sorry!!"

"Nice going." Bakugo wanted to laugh at her, really; but the moment her skirt was lifted up and the sweater tights she was wearing weren't thick enough to cover part of her underwear, he stopped smiling and just looked.

"There— I finished!! I'm sorry Mr. Display. My clumsiness will be the end of me, someday!"

"Are you seriously apologizing to a piece of cardboard?! What's wrong with you?"

'Lots of things, apparently...' [____] knew it was just his way of making fun of her, although she couldn't help but think of all her bad qualities all of a sudden.

'I can't make chocolate; I'm not that bright when it comes to tests...I get distracted easily, and...I like a guy who just likes to point out the bad in me...It's not like it's his fault, though. It's just who he is...'

"Oi. Let's get the fuck out of here before you start crying in public again. That look on your face says you will."

[____] denied it by shaking her head. "I-Im not gonna cry!"

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"Tch. So annoying..." He handed [____] a few napkins from a street food stand and sat next to her on a park bench as she blew her nose in them. "Why did you cry?"

"It's nothing..."

"Liar."

"I'm not!! Katsuki...It's just...feelings and stuff. It's kinda boring to speak about it."

After a while of silence, he sighed hard. "....I get it."

"Get what?"

"I shouldn't tease you so hard. You can't handle it."

[____] felt like that was some form of rejection, coming from the blond. "N-No! Keep teasing me!! I can learn to handle it—! I mean, I wanna learn how to handle it anyway— Ouch!"

He flicked her on the forehead to make her stop blabbing nonsense. "Don't be an idiot, if it makes you cry then it's not very fun. Anyway...it feels like owe you something and I hate it, so I'll try your stupid candy tomorrow after school. Works out for you?"

"Really?! Yes!! It works out fine!!"

🌸💜WED. FEB. 12th💜🌸

In the morning, [____] unlocked Katsuki's shoe cupboard to find twice the amount of letters he had shown her yesterday and even chocolates this time.

'I get the letters, but— How do they even fit whole pieces of chocolates in the slits of the locker doors?! Are they using a quirk or something??!'

She began picking each one up, piece by piece and gently placing them inside her school bag for easy access later, since she wasn't sure what to do with them at all. He hadn't mentioned anything about them. "You'd think more girls would be scared of him..."

"Cat girl?" A certain indigo haired guy saw her struggling to maintain all the gifts in her bag. "Are you stealing from someone's locker?"

"Shinso, no!! I'm just...Doing a favor for a friend you may say?" She panicked a little bit as she stuffed the chocolates into her blazer's pockets. "These will melt if I don't find a safe spot for them, so..!!!"

'Wait a minute...Why should I tell him any more? I know I'm not stealing, so...'

"A friend?" Shinso wondered who that locker belonged to. As [____] switched her school shoes and tried to hurry up to get to her class, he got closer to inspect the kanji on the metal door. "Bakugo, Katsuki, huh...Interesting."

"Y-You think?" [____] remained knelt on the ground as Hitoshi placed both of his hands in his pants' pockets. "Can I ask you...Why are you so close?"

"'Cause my locker is right there." He pointed at the one beside her, and [____] moved out of his way to let him switch shoes as well. "Cat girl, those chocolates for Bakugo, are any of them yours?"

"No, they aren't..." [____] sounded upset all of a sudden. 'They probably taste 100 times better than whatever I can make for him, too!!'

"Will you be giving chocolates to someone, this year?"

"Actually, I am..." She didn't see anything wrong with telling him this.

"Is it obligatory or honmei?"

"Both, I guess?"

"Isn't that sweet?"

"I-Is it, really?" She didn't know why, but the way Shinso spoke made it almost impossible for her to not reply. It's like his words always came out a little daunting, but at the same time...His tone of voice seemed inviting her to engage in more conversations easily. "It's not like...my baking is anything special, so..."

'Why am I still speaking..? Its just as if I'm fishing for compliments, at this point!'

Hitoshi just nodded. "Hm...Wouldn't it be cool to bake a chocolate cake, that's shaped like a cat?"

Again, [____] was interested in what he just said. "It would! Sounds super cute! And the whiskers could be made out of wafer sticks or something!"

"Wafer sticks are probably too thick for whiskers, but sure...why not?"

"And then the eyes could be raisins!"

"I mean...If you like raisins..."

"And then you can make it have a tongue that sticks out, and you can make it out of some type of fruity candy! I know it wouldn't taste so good with the chocolate, but can you imagine how cute it would look?!"

Shinso, in his head, pictured more of a mess than an actual cat-shaped cake. "...Again, I don't know about that one, but..."

[____] began to chuckle; "Sorry. I'm not that much of a baker, honestly. Probably everything I'm saying sounds so— Ew, you get it?"

"Not really, no..." Hitoshi had a picture of a small orange cat on the inside of his shoe locker— It was pinned with a magnet, and it was something [____] wanted to see, up close. "Okay...Can I ask you why, you're the one getting too close to me now?"

"Oh! I didn't notice, sorry!" The girl moved a little too fast; causing some chocolates to fall out of her pockets.

The two of them tried to pick them up at the same time; the tips of their fingers ended up touching but Shinso backed his hand away almost immediately. "My bad..."

"No, it's okay." For some strange reason, [____] couldn't help but laugh nervously. "But, um....I just wanted to see the cute kitty picture you have."

"Oh, this?" He unpinned the photo to let the girl grab a hold of it. "His name was Ume. He was my cat."

"Ume? Like the fruit? What a cute name for a cute cat! ...Which you said 'was' yours...So, I'm assuming...?"

"Passed away this year from natural causes. He was an old soul."

"Ah..." The subject of pain and personal losses was just something [____] didn't know how to respond well enough— She tried her best to lift up the mood of the convo by slapping her hands together once and closing her eyes to pray. "R.I.P, cat named Ume! May you have fun in kitty heaven, along with all the other cuee kitties that move on to the next life!"

"...'Cuee'?" Hitoshi was perplexed by the unknown word.

"It's like 'cute' but without the 't' to make it cue'er! It kind of sounds like a Japanese person badly trying to imitate a British accent, doesn't it?

Haha, now that you pointed it out, it's lame and so stupid...I was just trying to make you smile but I suck at this...Don't tell anyone this ever happened and I'll pay you."

Her plan did work; However, not in the way she had intended it to go. Shinso grinned a little as he closed his locker and began to walk into the hallway, towards his class. "How cuee."

"Seriously, Shinso!! I'll pay you for real, just don't tell others you heard that from me!" [____] followed after him for a while, "Wait!! Your picture!!"

"You can keep it, I have tons at home."

"But...Doesn't it mean a lot to you?!"

"It's a really cuee pic, not gonna lie, but..."

[____] slowed her pace down as the first school bell had rang, "I really wish I hadn't said that!! Please don't say it again!! I'll slip the photo back into your shoeboard after school, okay?!"

'I don't think he heard me, he just kept walking away...Oh my gosh, [____]...Why would you say that anyway?! How lame!!'

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(To be continued...)