Bakugou's POV

"Overprotective my damn ass." 

"What?" Eijiro asked.

"Fucking icy-hot," I complained.

Eiji sighed. "Katsuki, we've already went over this with Midoriya. Todoroki is just terrified he's going to lose his best friend."

"Like we would let something like that happen!" I yelled, crossing my arms.

"And he knows that, but you got to understand where Todoroki is coming from. Midoriya is his first friend, true friend. He's one of the few people Todoroki actually looks up to and has support from. He's never been faced with a situation like this and he is probably just handling it in his own way," He explained to me, but I still just grunted in irritation.

"He's attached," I mumbled.

"So are you. All he's been doing is hanging out with Izu more, nothing bad," He commented, unraveling my arms and interlocking our fingers.

"I thought the point for the three of us dating was to spend more time together."

I know I am being stubborn and insensitive, but in my defense, I have a lot of lost time to make up for and Icy-hot is not making that easy.

"He's got friends. I get you want to spend every second with him, I know the feeling, but that's not realistic. We'll always be important to him and he'll always want to spend time with us as well, but he's also got friends he wants to spend time with."

"I don't fucking care." My boyfriend flicked me on the forehead. "The fuck was that for?!" I yelled, touching my forehead.

"He's been gone for less than two hours, stop being dramatic. It's not like he's cut out time from us, he still spends more time with us than he does anyone else. Isn't that enough? We can't be the only forms of communication for him, this is a good thing. Aren't you proud of him opening up to someone other than us?" He asked, his lips set on a frown.

"Of course I am! You're right, it's just different. For some reason I thought it would go on with how you and I are together."

"Always at the hip?" He jumped in.

"Yeah," I admitted.

"But he is, just as much as we are to him, he's just got a different approach. He's spent a lot of time on his own and so sometimes he just needs the quiet or to be in smaller groups, which is why if we're not with him, he's usually either alone or with one friend. He's just as attached to us as we are to him, I know it. He still chooses to spend much more time with us than anyone else and usually when he's with us he's even a little touch starved. We've gotta learn that it's okay not to be together 24/7  because most people in a relationship aren't, at least not to our extent. We're just unique like that," My boyfriend explained very thoroughly.

I sighed and leaned back on the bed. "Yeah, I get it. I just need to get there. I guess I'm just terrified if something were to happen and we weren't by his side, like what happened over break."

"I understand. I feel the same way, but he's also not a baby. We need to start placing that trust back, otherwise all three of us are just going to end up unhappy."

Someone knocked on the door and I stood to answer it. I walked to the door and pulled it open, about ready to see pikachu on the other side or something, but no. "Izuku, fuck, how many times do we need to tell you that you don't need to knock? You can just come straight in."

The smaller boy just looked up at me with a bright smile. "I know, I just think it's rude, is all. It's always polite to knock."

I shook my head at the nerd. "Get in here," I said, opening the door wider to let him in. He hugged me before entering the room, and I noticed how he looked a little paler than normal, exhaustion written on his face.

I froze for a moment. Still not used to him being so comfortable enough around me to actually hug me so abruptly.

I enjoy it, to say the very least, it just sometimes reminds me of how different it could have been if I wasn't such a jerk to him.

After the shock rolled off of me, I hugged him back tightly, just glad that he was back and wasn't gone for terribly long.

I hate not having the both of them by my side and sometimes I feel anxious when they are not around.

Not that they need to know....

"Hey Izu!" Eijiro called as we pulled out of our hug and I turned to shut the door. I watched Deku climb onto Eijiro's lap and sit forward, facing me, his back leaned up against Eiji's chest. Eiji wrapped his arms around his waist and placed his chin on his shoulder, a cheerful smile dancing on his lips. 

Deku, on the other hand, looked ready to pass out, but still smiled contentedly. I joined the other two on the bed and Izuku placed his hand on top of mine, interlocking our fingers.

He yawned and closed his eyes, resting his head against Kirishima.

"Someone's exhausted," I commented.

He opened only one of his eyes to look at me before closing them again. "Yeah, training was tough today and then Todoroki wanted to do some studying in the common room for our quiz next week." He said, but something seemed off. This obviously was not his first time training and studying on the same day, so then why did he seem so exhausted? Was it really just from the training?

"Sounds like a long day. You should go take a shower and then we can go to sleep, get in a few extra hours of rest." Eijiro said, frowning slightly in worry.

Did All Might work him too hard tonight?

All Might wouldn't do that though. Not after what happened. So then, what's wrong?

He yawned again and turned slightly in Eijiro's lap. "I don't wanna," He mumbled, slowly drifting off to sleep from where he sat.

"Alright, well you did take one this morning, so how about we just go to bed now and you can take one again in the morning?" He suggested.

He simply nodded before his breathing evened out and he was out like a light.

Eijiro looked over at me. "Should we be concerned?" He asked me, but the look in his eyes said it all. He is worried and so am I.

"The fuck was that about?!" I whisper shouted. "Is he overworking himself again or did something happen with Icy-hot?" I questioned my boyfriend like he somehow had all the magical answers.

He shook his head, looking down at the sleeping boy in his lap. "I don't know," He whispered, pulling him closer to himself slowly as to not wake him up.

"Let's get some sleep. We'll talk to him about it in the morning," I said and helped pull Izuku out of Eiji's lap and laid him down on the bed, his head resting against the pillow.

We both got ready for bed and climbed in beside Izuku. Eijiro fell asleep fairly quickly, both boys soft breaths was the only sound in the room.

I find it ironic how before, I would always be the first one to fall asleep. I kept to a tight schedule of always being in bed by eight and now it seems to no longer be the case. Instead, I find myself constantly thinking at night, my brain having a hard time turning off, especially now. There is just so much going on, so many uncertainties, it's unpleasant. Even though so much good has come out these last couple months, there's been a lot of bad too. Things that normal high schoolers should not have to deal with. 

Eijiro turned slightly in his sleep, drawing my attention to the both of them. Watching them sleep peacefully reminded me that I should also try getting some rest. We have training tomorrow and from what I heard, Aizawa is not going to play nice.

Not unusual, of course and if I am being honest, it's the exact thing that will properly train us up to be hero's.

I settled myself underneath the sheets beside Izuku and closed my eyes, trying to will myself to sleep.

It took a little bit of time, but I had managed to fall into a dreamless sleep.

Silent, dark, and peaceful. Is it weird to dream of nothing at all?

Loud, unpleasant gasps and whimpering resounded in my head. What I once took for quiet, turned into something startling and heart wrenching, My eyes tore open as my brain realized it was something happening around me and not in my head. I had maybe been out for an hour before my sleep was interrupted.

Izuku was curled in on himself, pushing against Eijiro slightly. Eiji groaned in discomfort, but was still asleep. Not realizing what was happening in the bedroom.

There were looming tears falling from Izuku's eyes and staining the pillow. "I'm sorry." He cried and turned abruptly in his sleep, now facing me. Eijiro sensed the movements and woke up with a small jolt, rubbing his eyes and groaning.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"Izuku's having a nightmare," I said to him. He looked down at the whimpering boy that laid in between us. He scooted closer to the boy and rested one hand on his waist and the other gently on his forehead. 

He lowered himself and whispered in Izuku's ear. Sweet nothings to help calm him.

A minute had passed and the crying had ceased. We thought for a moment that he remained sleeping and entered a new dream, hopefully a better one, but that wasn't the case.

Izuku slowly opened his eyes and looked up at me, his eyes red and bloodshot. "I had a nightmare?" He asked in a frail and small voice.

"Yes, but it's fine now. It's okay," I told him and set one of my hands beside Eijiro's on his waist.

He looked back at Eijiro  and then closed his eyes. "I'm sorry." His voice cracked.

"No, Izu! It happens, it's not your fault, I promise." Eiji tried to comfort, but Izuku still looked rather upset about it.

"I-I know, but it just keeps happening and I know it's taking it's toll on the both of you."

"Making sure you're okay and not going through these nightmares alone is so much more important to us than an extra hour of sleep. I would rather be awake with you, than to be asleep and let you suffer alone." Eijiro explained to him.

Izuku sighed, but didn't comment. He sat up in the bed and the two of us followed. "Do you want to talk about it?" I offered, knowing that if he is choosing to stay awake then it is something that is really bothering him.

He sighed again. "I should've told you both earlier," He spoke.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, something happened earlier today and I guess it got me upset."

"Did that half and half do something to you?" I grew angry at the prospect that he would hurt Izuku.

His eyes went wide and he shook his head. "No! Todoroki didn't do anything, he actually defended me."

"Defended you? Izu, did someone hurt you today?" Eijiro asked and I swear my blood just boiled.

He looked down at his lap, picking at his fingers slightly. "I-I don't think she meant to-" He cut off, not finishing his sentence.

"Pink cheeks did this." I hissed.

Izuku did not respond, confirming my suspicions.

"What did she do?" Eijiro asked, gripping our boyfriends hands lightly.

"She just said some stuff a-about how she didn't understand when I came out as gay and she feels like I've been lying t-to her, b-but I told her I never lied to her and this was only something I just recently discovered, but she didn't believe me. She said that I was only seeking attention and that I'd have to be messed up in the head for me to be dating my childhood bully, let alone two guys."

"That b-"

"Katsuki, don't you dare let that word slip past your lips," Eijiro threatened, already knowing where I was going with this.

"It's true," I grunted, crossing my arms.

He shook his head in disapproval. "Izu, I'm so sorry. She had no right to say something like that. No one chooses who they fall in love with and you shouldn't feel ashamed for embracing that."

"I-I know, I just can't believe she would say that to me. A-And then Todoroki stepped in and the two ended up arguing and it was just bad." He hung his head low.

"I think she just needs to work through some things on her own right now. I think she liked you as more than just a friend and she doesn't know how to handle you not liking her back."

"I-I've already turned her down once, I think she just thought that I would change my mind."

"She asked you out?" I asked, shocked by the new information.

"Y-Yeah, right before winter break. I told her that I didn't like her like that and that I saw her as only a friend," He explained.

"Well obviously she didn't get the hint," I grunted.

"Then that probably just adds that she needs to figure out how to process this. It was very mean of her to say those things to you and I'm sorry we weren't there to help." Eijiro looked angry at himself for not being there, but also for the whole situation altogether.

Izuku shook his head. "Don't apologize, how would you know? Besides, Todoroki was there."

"Still. I'm sorry that happened. Maybe give her some time and then the two of you can talk and work things out?" Eijiro suggested.

He nodded. "Yeah, hopefully," He said. "Anyway, I think I wanna try to go back to sleep. I'm really tired." He laid down in the bed and the two of us followed in agreement. Eijiro kissed the side of Izuku's forehead and I watched his cheeks tint pink before settling down with a smile on his lips.