The morning sunlight shines through the transparent curtains in front of the small window in Katsuki's room. When he opens his eyes, the sun is blending him, giving off some warmth. But it's not the only warmth he feels. His body feels hot. When he looks down, he sees some bright, red hair on his chest and beneath it, the caramel toned, structured face of Kirishima. He breathes peacefully, his hand around Katsuki's torso, his head on his chest. He's still sleeping. Surprisingly, he doesn't wear his shirt anymore, so Katsuki looks over the bed and sees their clothes scattered around the floor. He opens his eyes widely and his breath increases. Slowly, he lifts up the blanket on top of him and Kirishima and looks down. Quickly, he lets it fall down and slaps his head against his pillow, looking up. A slight grin forms on his face, his shining eyes narrow and he lets out a deep giggle with chubby cheeks and his lips pressed together, trying not to make a sound. He's naked. Kirishima is naked, too. But they were drunk, really drunk.

Things happened. They had sex, apparently, but Katsuki can't recall details, except the kiss. The soft, intimate kiss they had. He's happy that he still remembers it. Katsuki's other arm moves up and falls down on his forehead, smiling even wider. He's really happy.

But what if- what if they were just so drunk, that it didn't have any meaning? What if Kirishima was just- horny? He looks down to the redhead, who lies so peacefully on the captain's tattooed body. He sighs, not knowing what to really think of that night. He gets nervous again, his heart beats faster and he thinks about what Kirishima will say when he wakes up. Will he be disgusted? Confused? Will. He even know what happened? Katsuki stares against the ceiling, for a long time. Suddenly, Kirishima's head moves. His hair glides down Katsuki's chest, tickling it softly, when the redhead opens his eyes and his long lashes flatter while he blinks himself awake. Katsuki closes his eyes quickly, acting as if he still sleeps, just to know what Kirishima's reaction will be to the current situation.

The redhead slowly looks up to Katsuki's face, then smiles softly, but Katsuki can't see. Then, the captain hears a slight giggle, just like the one he had when he woke up.

„I know you're awake, captain." The dry, deep voice of Kirishima tickles in his ears, but he doesn't move a bit. „Come on, you're smiling!" Katsuki opens his eyes directly. He didn't even notice he was smiling. When he looks down, Kirishima has his hand resting against his cheek, staring at the captain dreamy. Katsuki moves a little further up, to lean against the wall.

„Hey." He whispers dry.

„Good morning." He gets a mumble back with a smile. Then it stays quiet for a while, until Kirishima sits up straight on the bed. The sun shining on him from the side, contours his muscles and brightens his hair and eyes. Katsuki swallows staring at him. The blanket is barely covering his crotch, his legs and everything else peaks out. Then he strokes through his long hair, combing it back. „You sleep well?" He asks casually.
„I-guess?"

„Don't have any headache or some other pain?"

„N-no."
„Great." Kirishima smiles at him, then moves outside the bed, facing Katsuki with his back. He stands up and picks his clothes from the floor, giving a full ass peak to Katsuki, who blushes heavily, pulling the blanket over his body.

„Kirishima?" He then asks a little afraid.
„What is it?"

„Do you- recall what happened- yesterday night?" Kirishima looks at him confused, his eyebrows raised and his mouth formed pointy.

„Yeah, everything." Everything!? Katsuki thinks.

„Uh- you seem pretty- casual about it."
„Just because I don't regret it?" He makes it seem as if Katsuki regrets it, which is not true.
„I don't either!" He shouts angrily, sitting up and the blanket falls off his chest, down on his thighs. Kirishima turns around to him, with only his pants on, and stares down at the blonde, leering at his body with narrowed eyes. He radiates a lot of sexual tension, it makes Katsuki nervous.

„You know we had sex yesterday night. You know we came closer to each other than we both could've thought. We were drunk, yes. But even if you're drunk, if you find something completely disgusting and would never think about doing it, you wouldn't. We ended up doing it. So, what do you want to hear from me?" Katsuki's eyes are wide opened, his jaw dropped.
„Nothing."

„Do you think it was a mistake, because we're both guys?"

„That's not it! You know how our times are."
„So you're scared to be treated differently, if people know?" Why is Kirishima being so serious about it? Katsuki would expect him to be the nervous one.

„No! Fuck- Kirishima, it's just weird! Everyone I've been surrounded with was attracted to girls, kissing girls, fucking girls! What am I doing? I'm attracted to a guy, I kissed a guy and I- you know." Katsuki is way more nervous than he thought. He can barely look into Kirishima's eyes.

„Yeah and? Does it make you weak?"
„You don't understand!"

„Oh, I think I do. You don't want to be with me, because everyone else will think you're a weak, gay whore!?" Kirishima shouts angrily. It doesn't suit him- this look doesn't suit him.
„Kirishima, that's not true."

„Then tell me what is, Bakugou!? Do you even like me!? Why did you kiss me if you knew the outcome!?" The redhead starts tearing up a little, holding his shirt in his hand tightly, leaning against the counter.

„I don't just like you!? I fell in love with you!?" Katsuki croaks, embarrassed by saying these words. „And- I can't believe this happened yesterday. I couldn't even believe you'd kiss me back?"
„You didn't notice how I act around you? Don't you think it's weird that I accepted sleeping in your cabin? Always being with you? Sharing food? God, you're an idiot, Bakugou."

„I just couldn't believe- you actually like me."

„What about the thing I told you in Yaoyorozu's cabin? Didn't you believe me either?" Katsuki looks away from him, down on his hands, which hold the blanket. He seems desperate.

„I want to be with you." He then whispers. „No matter what cost." Kirishima slowly walks over to the bed and sits down on the edge. He stretches out his hand, touching Katsuki's jaw and moving it to face his face.

„I want to be with you, too." He whispers back with the softest smile ever. Katsuki can't help but smile too. A crooked, weird looking smile. Kirishima starts laughing.

„Ew, you really never smile, captain. You don't need to." He giggles, then leans his head over to Katsuki and kisses him. Softly, he slides his hand from his jaw to his hair, stroking through it. Katsuki moans silently.

„Oi, captain! Crew is waiting with breakfast!" Ashido storms inside the room without a warning, interrupting the intimate situation between the two guys. They get lose from the kiss and out of reflex, Kirishima pushes Katsuki back roughly. In fact, so rough, that he flies all the way against the window, crashing hardly.
„Oh my god, sorry!!" Kirishima shouts after Katsuki yells out of pain. He leans against the wall, touching his head with a twisted face, while Kirishima stretches out his hands towards him in grief. Ashido stares at both of them.

„I get it. Take your time." She whispers shocked. „And Bakugou- put on some clothes." She exits the room again. Katsuki opens his eyes and quickly covers his crotch, blushing angrily.

„Shit! Fuck! Fuck, shit, shit fuck!!" He shouts and quickly stands up.

„Did I hurt you?!" Kirishima asks worried, touching the captain's shoulder when he passes him. But he gets rejected by Katsuki throwing his shoulder away from the redhead's touch.

„Fuck! Kirishima!"

„Weren't we gonna tell them anyways!?"
„Not this way!! She saw me naked!? She was already expecting things and now- FUCK!"
„But isn't that somehow a good thing!?"
„Idiot! Put on your shirt, we're leaving." Without a further discussion, Katsuki throws on his clothes and walks out the room, smashing the door behind him. Kirishima says in the room for a few seconds, sighing.
„How is this ever gonna work..." He whispers to himself and leaves too.

Downstairs, everyone sits at the table, eating and drinking. Kaminari and Sero look like shit.

„Captain!" Kaminari burps out with joy and bites into some fresh bread, while Sero drinks up his cup. Katsuki sits down and shortly glances over to Ashido, who sits at the table with her arms crossed, not looking him in the face.

„How'd you sleep, Sir?" Todoroki asks while putting butter on Midoriya's bread, who's helping Todoroki to prepare his salad. Before answering, Katsuki looks over to Ashido.

„Good enough." And then Kirishima arrives too, sitting down next to him, but Katsuki seems like he minds it. They look at each other, Kirishima worried, Katsuki a little angry.

„You guys okay?" Uraraka asks worried, biting into some bread.

„Totally awesome." Kirishima answers quickly, before Katsuki could say anything.

„So captain, what's our plan?" Jiro, who just finished her drink asks, putting a map on the table.

„First, we'll just get out of here, then we figure something out. I got some intel from the witch and I'll try to use it as good as possible. Until then, we don't have a destination." He explains. The crew nods and keeps on eating.

Sero and Kaminari cut the ropes and the ship sets off into the sea again, leaving the smelly island. A week passed since then and Katsuki is glad they're gone now, but he still feels unsure about the Seas' true love. How is this all going to work? And what about Kirishima being the compass? It doesn't make sense, if he himself doesn't know how to activate it. Katsuki has a lot on his mind right now. He has to talk to Ashido again, he has to explain to everyone what's happening between him and Kirishima, he has to find out how to get to the Seas' true love, he needs to have a course-
„You okay?" A familiar, soft touch tears Katsuki's thoughts apart and he sees Kirishima right next to him with a worried look. „I hope you're not angry at me."

„Why should I? We just have to talk to everyone." He sighs and looks back to the sea.
„I love you." Kirishima suddenly whispers. And the sound of these words dedicated to Katsuki is something completely new and different. He doesn't know how to deal with it, what to say and how to feel. His heart is racing, his breath is faster and his hands shake on the border of the quarter deck. „Hey, relax. I'm sorry." Kirishima notices his nervousness and lets go of Katsuki's hand, who's still not sure what to answer and how. He doesn't even look the redhead in the eyes. It makes Kirishima feel really uncomfortable, so he slowly sets off and walks away.

„No..." Katsuki whispers, but it doesn't reach up to him. When Kirishima is gone, Katsuki snaps out of his childish behavior and slaps himself in the face, twisting it. „You're an idiot, Katsuki!" He tells himself.

For the rest of the day, Katsuki didn't talk to Kirishima. The redhead was cleaning up the ship and the captain was in his cabin, looking at all the different maps, trying to think of a way to get to the dark waters. When the sun sets and the stars come up, Katsuki decides to search for Kirishima. He doesn't find him anywhere on the ship, which is confusing, since he has nowhere to go. Then he sees Sero next to the main mast, cleaning up some used barrels.
„Sero. Have you seen Kirishima?" He asks nervously, but tries to sound intimidating.
„Oh, yea, he's up on my watchpoint since dinner." He answers casually and turns back to his chore. Katsuki nods with his lips pressed together, then leaves slowly, trying to not get much attention. He walks up to the fore mast and climbs up the shrouds to the watchpoint, where he already sees the red hair flying around in a ponytail. Before climbing inside, he stops.

„May I come in?" He asks softly and Kirishima turns around to him, surprised. But his face gets a little melancholic, when he sees the captain hanging down the shrouds.
„Sure." He whispers and the captain jumps in, sighing loudly when he looks at the sea.
„It's getting cold, don't you think?" He starts the conversation with smalltalk..

„Mhm."

„You- want my coat?"

„I'm good." It's quiet. Kirishima doesn't seem to be very talk active tonight.

„I'm sorry I didn't come to dinner." Katsuki apologizes, leaning against the edge of the watchpoint, looking at Kirishima's back in the last bits of the sunset.

„It's okay. I mean, we didn't plan anything." Katsuki sighs and wipes through his eyes. Kirishima is disappointed.
„I really am sorry, Eijirou."
„Eijirou, huh."

„Come on, why are you being so- mean.."

„I have the feeling you're scared of your crew not accepting you the way you are." Kirishima doesn't turn his face, he just looks out, talking quietly.

„You know that's-"

„Not true? Well, I still have the feeling. Or else it wouldn't be such a problem for you. It's like we only had this one thing on the island and afterwards, all the connection and the feelings are completely gone." The redhead seems sad about it, Katsuki understands.
„It's my fault. Maybe you're right. Maybe I am scared. But it surprises me that you're still worrying about it so much."
„You think I'd just don't give a fuck anymore, if you don't come closer to me? Don't talk to me? Isn't it weird I have been sleeping with the others and you didn't even invite me to be with you anymore? It's like I made a mistake kissing you back then. It hurts, Katsuki. You should decide already. Because I don't want to run around, thinking that every slight interaction with you is a ray of hope that you might still care, until the moment you get weird and leave directly. It hurts, okay? I don't know what you think of me anymore.." Katsuki can't see his face, but by the sound of his voice, Kirishima seems to be crying.
„Eijirou- you-"

„I was at least honest, when I said I love you. And when you didn't say it back, I- I got so sad, embarrassed and hopeless!" Kirishima leans his hands against the edge and puts his head on them, while his back moves up and down quickly. Katsuki's eyebrows raise in sorrow. What has he done? His nervousness appeared like he wanted distance from Kirishima, but in fact, he was just so scared to talk to him. To be with him alone. He was scared that it's weird if they sleep in the same bed after what happened on the island. How couldn't he notice how sad it made Kirishima? He was so selfish.
„Kirishima. Fuck- I did you so wrong. I did so many things wrong during this week. I want to apologize, but I know it's not enough. I was so stupid and scared of my own feelings and what you think of me and what the others think of me, that I was even scared to talk to all of you. Please... don't think- don't think that I- don't love you. Because- I do. I think of you every second, I dream bad since you're not there anymore. I'm scared to go out of my cabin and face you with embarrassment. When you said you love me, I was so flustered, that I- that I couldn't speak."

Slowly, Kirishima lifts his head up and turns it over to Katsuki, who doesn't look at him, but on the floor of the watchpoint. Tears drip down and Katsuki's arms are tensed against the edge.

„I love you Kirishima. I don't want to hide it anymore. And you can kick me, punch me with your strength, because I- I deserve it." He whines a little, sniffing in his tears and snot. „I'm sorry for making you feel so bad, for hurting you." Katsuki lifts his head back up, looking into Kirishima's eyes, which tear up too. They're both crying.
„That ain't manly." Kirishima wipes away his snot, giggling. Katsuki sighs out on laughter and walks towards the redhead, pushing him against the fore topmast and kisses him.

Their tears mix while kissing and their hair flies around in the cold evening wind. Katsuki touches Kirishima's neck, pulling him closer, while Kirishima touches his hips, doing the same. It feels good being intimate again, for both of them. And when they untie their kiss, the looks they give each other, brings warmth into their hearts.
„I love you shitty hair."

„I love you, um... blasty!"

„Blasty!?"
„Well, you always blast out when someone does things wrong and your character is just like a ticking bomb."

„You're so stupid- and I'm addicted to it." Katsuki smiles and leans in for another kiss.

During the same night, Katsuki invites Kirishima to sleep inside his cabin again. They fall asleep, holding their hands in harmony, facing each other. Katsuki missed falling asleep this well, same as Kirishima.

But a few hours later, Katsuki gets woken up by strange movements and sounds. He opens his eyes and tries to get used to the darkness, when he notices that Kirishima moves around weirdly, as if he's having a bad dream. His body shakes, his eyes are a little opened, but Katsuki can't see any pupils. He gets nervous and sits up on his bed, lighting on a candle. When he looks down at the redhead, the shaking gets stronger and he sweats a lot. Katsuki touches his shoulder softly and whispers to wake up, but Kirishima doesn't hear. So he starts rattling him, but nothing works.
„Kirishima, please!? What's wrong with you!?" Katsuki starts getting louder and louder, but Kirishima doesn't respond to anything. Instead, he opens his mouth and starts whispering words. Words, Katsuki doesn't understand. More like- numbers!

„thirty- thir- three- thou- three- three- sev-seven" Kirishima mumbles in his dream. Katsuki is completely confused. What sort of weird dream is this!?
„KIRISHIMA!" He slaps the redhead, but even after this, he doesn't wake up. Katsuki starts to panic, looking for something, trying to figure out what to do. Suddenly, Kirishima moves his hand up and gestures movements in the air, as if he's writing something or drawing. He sweats more and more, his veins pop out, his eyes shake and his body trembles. Katsuki realizes. He jumps up the bed and runs over to his desk, throwing everything down, he can, trying to find some vellum to write on and a feather. When he finds these things after creating a huge mess around his table, he runs back to Kirishima, who's trembling on the bed, gasping weirdly, as if he's having an epileptic attack. With all his force, Katsuki tries to pick him up and carry him to the desk. He gasps loudly and grunts while carrying the sweaty, shaky body. When he manages to let Kirishima fall to the chair, he lights on a candle on his desk and waits. Kirishima still trembles, but seems to feel the vellum beneath his hand. He starts to whisper again and move his hand on the piece of paper.

„Three-three-one- on- ah, mhh- eight-" while gasping these words, he also sighs and moans, knitting his eyebrows, moving his face around as if he's in pain. It makes Katsuki really nervous, while he crosses his arms and stares at his partner. Kirishima scrabbles the numbers down. They're almost unreadable, but Katsuki understands. Those are coordinates!

Then suddenly, Kirishima starts to draw. He draws a whole map. It looks ugly and he wipes the ink several times, but the whole picture makes sense. He draws the coordinates and the map to the Seas' true love! This is what Yaoyorozu meant! This is what she meant when she said that Kirishima knows how to do it! He really is the compass to the dark waters! He knows how to get there, without dirty tricks! Katsuki sighs in laughter, opening his mouth widely when he sees that the more Kirishima draws, the more it makes sense!

But suddenly, the feather drops out of his hand and falls to the ground. Quickly, Katsuki picks it up and puts it back into the redhead's hand, but he doesn't hold it anymore. His trembling gets worse, he starts breathing weirdly, he drips with sweat, his eyes open widely, but they're completely blank. Katsuki gets worried, puts down the feather and grabs Kirishima's cheeks, clapping them a little.
„Wake up buddy! Come on, wake up! It's okay, you don't have to do this!" He tries everything, but Kirishima just won't get back. „Kirishima, please! Get back to reality, get back to me!" Katsuki's voice shakes, his lips are dry, just like his voice. He gasps and tears form on his eyes.

What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? I don't know what to do! Help me! Please, help me! Kirishima... Kirishima!

„I love you, please come back, please!" He gasps worried, moving his hands around Kirishima's cheeks and neck, but nothing works. Seeing him in this state hurts Katsuki so much, but it also makes him so angry. He thinks about how the joined nations knew how to get to the dark waters back then and the way they abused this power of Kirishima. He can't possibly think in how much pain he must have been.. forced to do this. That's probably why they tied him up.

Katsuki looks to the ground, his hair falls down his forehead and tears drip down, while he holds his loved one. And suddenly, Kirishima's trembling stops. He inhales sharply, like he had been underwater for hours. Katsuki's face jumps up to Kirishima's. A huge smile forms on the captain's face, while Kirishima looks at him with his red eyes, confused and exhausted.
„Wh-" the redhead whispers with a dry voice. But before anything else happens, Katsuki throws himself on top of him and they fall to the ground together.
„Fuck you! Fuck you Kirishima!" He cries out, hugging him.
„What happened? Bakugou!?" Kirishima's voice sounds hurt, in pain and powerless, but he replies Katsuki's hug by putting his hand on his back.

Katsuki gets off of him to let him breathe and sits down, leaning against his bed. He throws Kirishima some water over, who drinks it in an instant.

„Seems you really are the compass." Katsuki mentions quietly.

„Can you please explain what happened?" Kirishima still sounds very tired.
„I woke up and you were trembling, saying things. I thought you had a bad dream, but I couldn't wake you up. Then I realized you were saying numbers. Coordinates to the dark waters, Kirishima."

„I DID?!"
„You really don't know anything. That's why you don't know how you got there two years ago. It all makes sense now." Kirishima gasps, then smiles a little.

„Guess I'm not useless."

„You never were! Now let's wash all that sweat off of you, it's disgusting." Katsuki replies and stands up. Kirishima smiles at him shortly, then manages to stand up too. He's wobbly on his legs and leans against the canopy bed, gasping. Katsuki stands at the door swell and looks back at him. „You okay? Let's go."

„Yeah, I'm-" and just before he could finish his sentence and make his first step, Kirishima suddenly collapses and falls to the ground. Katsuki's eyes rip open and he runs towards him, throwing himself to the ground to pick up Kirishima.
„What the hell!? Kirishima!?" He shouts and tries to wake him up, but he's completely out. Katsuki starts to panic again. It can't be that he's having another one of these visions directly after the first one! He turns the redhead, so he lays on his lap.
„CREW! WAKE UP BASTARDS! HELP ME!" He shouts as loud as possible, tryin to reach his members. He would go and wake them up personally, but he's scared to leave Kirishima's side. He gasps loudly, while stroking the redhead's hair and face. „CREW!" He screams again in despair. Suddenly he hears some rattling and Todoroki runs inside his room, followed by Jiro.

„Captain, what happened!?" He asks worried. Todoroki only wears underwear and his hair is tied to a little ponytail on his forehead. It looks stupid, but Katsuki doesn't have the time to complain about that.

„Kirishima..." He whispers looking back at the exit and both of them run inside.
„Bakugou, what's wrong with him!?" Jiro asks worried, kneeing down next to Kirishima, holding his hand. She feels his pulse and lets go again.
„He- I'll explain later! But help me get him somewhere safe, he collapsed!" Katsuki shouts and lets Todoroki help him to carry Kirishima into his bed again. Jiro opens all the windows and lights on a few more candles. She feels weird about Katsuki's reaction. He's worried. Really worried. He wasn't worried at all when Kaminari's hand got crushed, or when their crew members died back then. And now- he's completely different. But she doesn't have the time to think about this.

„Why did he collapse?!" She asks seriously, while Katsuki wipes his hair back, grabbing his own head. He starts telling her what happened and during that, the other crew members get inside the room.

„So he really is the compass to the treasure!?" Kaminari shouts surprised.
„Yes, but it has these side effects and I don't know what to do. He woke up on his own when he had the vision, but now, he doesn't show the same symptoms like the trembling, blank eyes or the sweating. It's like he's- dead." Katsuki is losing his mind or worry. He can barely speak clearly and his whole body is shaking. Then Ashido suddenly pulls his hands away form his head and forces him to look her in the eyes.
„It's gonna be okay. Jiro and Uraraka know how to handle this, they will take care of him. He's just unconcious. Everything will be alright." Her seriousness makes Katsuki relax a little.

„Mina, he shouldn't sleep here tonight. Take him down to the hatch, give him some water. Captain, you have to relax now and try to sleep." Jiro explains calm.
„How am I supposed to relax when my...- crew member is suffering!?" He shouts out, tensing his fists.
„BAKUGOU! There's nothing you can do, except staying calm! I thought the new you is able to do that!" Ashido shouts, pulling his tank top closer to her. He stares down into her eyes and relaxes his face. Then he nods quietly and lets Ashido take him away. Sero and Midoriya follow them to make sure everything goes well. Inside the hatch, Katsuki lays down on the mattress that Kirishima slept on before. It smells just like him and it makes Katsuki more emotional than he wants to be.

„It'll be fine, Kacchan. We'll take care of him." Midoriya says quietly, a little afraid. But Katsuki doesn't even have the strength to tell him to shut up and that he doesn't care what Midoriya will do, but somehow, he's even a little grateful.
„Yeah, relax bro." Sero says crossing his arms, looking down worried.
„Thank you- guys." Katsuki whispers when he closes his eyes slowly and drifts to sleep.

Art credit: I think it was syblatortue, because of the art style, but I don't remember quite well ugh