Seven years into their relationship and Bakugou still can't decipher the answer to this one question that's been bugging him since the start of their relationship, so he might as well just ask Kirishima himself—

"How do you make it look so easy when I'm so fucking hard to love?"

[ a short thread for @omgkirishima i love u so much pls enjoy your day happy happy birthday ]

Kirishima looks back at Bakugou before he continues changing into his favorite pair of pajamas. He then tucks himself to bed between Bakugou and his oversized dinosaur plushie before wrapping his arms around Bakugou's waist.

"What are you even talking about, Kat?"

Bakugou rolls his eyes at him because how dare he make him wait for his answer—only to receive just another question from the redhead.

"You fucking know what I mean."

"Man, it's 12 midnight and I have one braincell working so you really gotta spell things out for me."

Bakugou pinches the bridge of his nose before he heaves out a sigh.

"Forget it. Let's sleep."

Kirishima just chuckles softly before placing a soft peck on Bakugou's forehead.

"What made you think that you're hard to love when I fell in love with you within the first six months of our first year in high school?"

"What made you think that someone who only aspires to be the best at being a pro hero and always works himself to the bone is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who made me realize that I am stronger than how I perceive myself to be is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who always accompanies Mina during her shopping spree even if it takes hours and hours and hours of walking inside the mall is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who always teaches Denki to play drums no matter how much he sucks at it is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who buys video games only so Sero can play with it as much as he can when he comes over in our apartment is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who has always cooked for me since our second year in high school because apparently, I suck at nutrition, is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who lets the kids at the daycare center play with his hair even if he always says he hates kids is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who never ever forgets my hair dye and hair gel to be included in the grocery shoplist is hard to love?"

"What made you think that someone who hugs me as I sleep while reminding me over and over again that he will always be there is hard to love?"

Kirishima places another soft peck on Bakugou's forehead before he whispers

"I can't even count the number of times when I've fallen in love with you in the past seven years. So what makes you think that you're hard to love, Katsuki?"

Bakugou doesn't wanna look up, because he's pretty sure there's snot falling off of his nose and his cheeks are messy from his tears after the realization which hit him with Kirishima's question.

Maybe Kirishima doesn't really feel like it's such a chore to love one Bakugou Katsuki, maybe Bakugou is the only one who finds himself as someone who's hard to love.

But that's fine. He can work on that—

After all, he's got one Kirishima Eijirou who's there to remind him that loving him has always been an easy thing.