kid bakugou getting a crush on kid kirishima and not knowing how to deal with these feelings so he picks a bunch of flowers and chucks them at him. kirishima starts crying cause he thinks bakugou is mad at him.
k!bakugou going up to k!kirishima and screaming “YOUR TEETH ARE SHARP AND SCARY!!” and running off. he’s blushing the whole time.

kirishima is confused and upset, and tries smiling less cause he doesn’t want to scare people.
bakugou notices kirishima smiling less and is really upset by this.

he starts putting pretty rocks and cool bugs in his shoes for him to find.
kirishima is busting out crying later when his parents come to pick him up, and bakugou watches as they dump out all the awesome stuff he put into kirishima’s shoes.

he’s sulking and mad about it for the rest of the day.
he comes up to kirishima the next day and says, “you didn’t like the stuff i gave you!?” and kirishima is really confused and asks him what he means.

“the rocks, dummy!” he says, glaring at kirishima.
“you...you were the ones that put the rocks there?” kirishima asks, his voice small.

“well...yeah, duh!!” bakugou says with a huff, putting his little hands on his hips and glaring at kirishima.

“are you...mad at me?” kirishima asks, his pretty ruby eyes welling up with tears.
bakugou’s surprised by the reaction, flinching back a bit from kirishima. the long he sits in silence, the bigger kiri’s tears get and he just... bolts, cause he’s confused.
kirishima was suppose to like these stupid gifts!! that’s what people did when they’re in love right?

so why did kirishima think he’s mad at him?
bakugou doesn’t play with anyone the rest of the day, trying to figure out how to make it up to the little black haired boy.
he already went through flowers, and stuff so what should be do next...?

he gets an idea finally, waiting patiently for lunch to arrive so that he can put his plan into action.
when lunch does come, and everyone around him is eating enthusiastically at their meals he slides himself over to where kirishima is sitting. he doesn’t have anywhere to sit unfortunately cause kirishima’s a pretty popular boy.
everyone likes him cause he’s so nice and is willing to play with anyone that asks him.
which is why he makes sure to grab a chair, and wedge himself in between where kirishima is sitting beside one of his friends. the chair of the other kid scrapes across the floor as he bodily moves himself in between them.
“HEY!! that’s mean!” kirishima scolds, glaring right at him.

bakugou chooses to ignore that and starts putting pieces of his lunch in kirishima’s.

“what are you doing?” kirishima questions, scooting himself away further from bakugou so they aren’t rubbing shoulders anymore.
“giving you my food, what’s it look like, idiot?”

“why?”

“ ‘cause...” bakugou trails off, not really knowing how to explain himself.

“just eat it!! i know these are your favorite!” bakugou yells, huffing after he’s done.
kirishima just flares at him a little, a big frown on his face, but otherwise says nothing else.

bakugou chalks that up as a win in his book. he’s smug the rest of the time he’s eating.
after lunch they get to play outside a little and bakugou follows kirishima out the door.

he hovers around him the entire time they’re outside, never participating in their games but just set on watching kirishima play.
kirishima notices and anytime he makes eye contact with bakugou he sticks his tongue out at him.
it’s only after they start to go inside that bakugou catches kirishima and asks, “why aren’t you smiling as much anymore?”

kirishima pauses at the question and whispers “ ‘cause /you/ said it was scary.”

“i said your TEETH were scary.”
“yeah, and i don’t want to scare anyone!!”

“scaring people is cool though!!” bakugou protests.

“not to me!” kirishima says with a frown, crossing his arms.
“...go back to smiling. it’s pretty...” bakugou whispers, looking down at his chest to try and muffle his words. he doesn’t even wait for kirishma’s response before he’s running off again, scared of what his reaction would be.
he avoid kirishima the rest of the day, not even attempting to look at him.
he tries avoiding him the next day too, but kirishima ends up finding him tucked away behind a tree, throwing rocks against the fence.
“what did you say yesterday?” kirishima asks, walking right over to him. bakugou turns his head away, trying to keep him from seeing his face.

“huh?” is all bakugou says to him, hoping that playing dumb will get him off his back.
“you said something yesterday about me smiling more. what did you say?”

bakugou huffs. “nothing, dummy, you must be hearing things.”

he hears kirishima stomp his foot down in frustration. “just tell me!”
bakugou pouts more, knowing that kirishima is going to keep persisting if he doesn’t give him an answer.

“...i said it was pretty.” he whispers, smothering his words against his arm this time.

“what?”

“i said it was pretty okay!?” bakugou turns to yell at him.
kirishima’s expression flashes with all kinds of emotions when he yells that. anger and surprise before finally registering the words that the blonde just said.

he blushes then.

“oh.”
“yeah, oh! can you leave me alone now?” bakugou glares, his own cheeks burning with a blush.

“...so the flowers?”

“SHUT UP!!” bakugou screams, covering his ears so he doesn’t have to listen to that embarrassment.
“do you like me?”

“yeah, no duh!! why do you think i kept giving you gifts and complimenting you!!” bakugou turns away again, trying to burn a hole into the fence with his glare.
“putting rocks in my shoes is mean, bakugou!” kirishima says, sounding more confused than anything.

“i wanted to make sure you knew they were for you.”

“you could have handed them to me, ya know...”

bakugou’s face turns an even brighter shade of red.
“i didn’t want you to know that they were from me...” he mumbles.
he shrinks in on himself more, trying to make himself as small as possible. he kind of wishes he'd just disappear and not have to deal with this right now.

that is until he feels two little arms wrap around his shoulders.
"you made me cry a lot, ya know..." mutters the raven haired boy, pulling him in a tight hug.

"...i didn't mean to."

"i know."

bakugou tries choking back his tears. "i didn't want to hurt you..."
kirishima starts petting his hair softly, and he can't help but lean into the touch. it feels so nice. so soft.

"i know."

"...i-i'm sorry." bakugou says, turning in kirishima's arms finally so that he can squeeze him back. he hides his face into the other boy's long black hair.
kirishima just squeezes him as hard as he can, falling backwards on the ground so he can lay there. he lets bakugou gather himself back him, letting him take the time he needs to be hidden away before pushing on his shoulders so he can look him in the eye.
kirishima then gives bakugou the biggest and widest grin that he's ever seen, and it makes heart feel like it's doing flips in his chest. it's blinding with how bright it is.

"you're really pretty too."

bakugou's heart feels like it's stopped after he hears that.
"y-you can't just say that, you turd!" bakugou says, pushing at kirishima's face which just makes the other boy laugh.

"yes i can!! you said it to me!"

"that's different!"

"oh, is it? how's it different?" kirishima says smugly, a challenging look in his eyes.
"because you're ACTUALLY pretty! you've got long soft hair, and pretty eyes! i'm allowed to say it!"

bakugou sits up then, rolling off kirishima and crossing his arms again. the glare he sends out this time doesn't have any heat to it however.
"you've got pretty eyes too, and your hair is just as soft as mine!"

"nuh uh!"

"yes huh!"
"nope, i don't believe you."

"then I'LL just have to prove it to you." kirishima says, smacking his tiny fists together and grinning.

bakugou blushes at that.
"fine!" he huffs.

"good!" kirishima laughs, tackling bakugou again with another hug.
"...can we hold hands now?" bakugou asks shyly, hiding his face in kirishima's long hair again. it's his new favorite spot.

"of course!" kirishima say, pulling back with another bright little smile on his face. he stands up quickly, and waits for bakugou to get up.
bakugou wastes no time, bolting up as fast as he can, making sure to wipe the sweat off his palm before clasping his hand together with the other boys.

he figures out that kirishima's got soft hands too.
the two of them walk back into the building hand in hand, smiling the whole way.

when kirishima and bakugou's parents come to pick them, they find the boys still hand in hand with each other.

kirishima embraces bakugou into a big hug right before he's about to leave.
before he gets out the door, however, he darts back over to bakugou and give him a wet smooch on his cheek.

"bye, kats! see you tomorrow!!" he yells, waving to him and running off with his moms.
bakugou's stunned to silence, bringing up a hand to rub his little cheek where he had been kissed.

" 'kats", huh?" mitsuki says with a sly smile on her face.

"S-SHUT UP!" he screams back, his face a burning bright red.

his mom just cackles.
[ THE END ]
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