Red Riot having a one night stand with girl who turns out to be a writer for an extremely popular gossip magazine. Despite being clear up front that Kirishima wasn't interest in a relationship, the girl get upset when she realize he's serious about it being a one time thing.

She writes a terrible article about red riot being a "player" and a "man whore"

Kirishima doesn't think much of it until he starts getting dirty looks from people on the street.

She writes more articles and it escalates until Kirishima can't stand it anymore. His agency suggests suing her, but Kirishima doesn't want to cause an even bigger mess.

While trying to figure out a peaceful way to end it, ground zero decides to pay the woman a visit.

Ground Zero goes in and throws a huge fit just getting up to her office. He yells at her, threatens to sue her, warns her to stay away from Kirishima.

The woman is surprisingly unfazed by the pro literally exploding in her face. She waits patiently for Ground Zero to finish before simply saying "So you're the reason he won't date me, huh?"

Bakugou, for once, is completely speechless.

He leaves the office with a weird feeling, unsure if he actually did anything to help Kirishima.

The next day they both find out that no, Bakugou's visit did absolutely nothing to help and instead made it all a million times worse.

The cover was a dramatically edited photo of Red Riot and Ground Zero, with Kirishima looking forwards and Bakugou looking back at him over his shoulder. In big bold letters was "Only Partners? Is Unrequited Love the Real Reason for GZ's Explosive Nature?"

Bakugou's office smelled like burning newspapers. Kirishima was still at home "laying low".

"Can you get it pulled?" the blond asked, his jaw clenched tight and his voice a shaky forced calm.

She had been much more careful writing this article. While the ones about Kirishima made direct claims about his character and blatant lies about his motivations, this one was vague and didn't make any bold statements. She had even added a microscopic disclaimer at the end.

The online version was even worse. Taking audio clips directly from Bakugou's past interviews and even some from his tirade in her office the day before.

the bitch even posted security footage of the moment she said he was the reason Kirishima wouldn't date her because of him.

She must have edited in that blush. Ground Zero didn't fucking /blush/.

Against his better judgment, Bakugou found himself in her office again that afternoon. She was "in a meeting" so the blond was sitting on a plush couch alone, his palms smoking as he tried to run through the breathing exercises his therapist had taught him.

"Oh, Mr. Zero!" she said when she waltzed in, her voice sounded like nails on a chalkboard "I didn't expect to see you so soon! Now I know how to get you in for interviews, huh?"

She laughed and Bakugou ground his teeth together so hard he left like they might break.

"What's it gonna take for you to take down that article?" The blond asked, his self-control hanging by a thread.

He had to be careful with what he said to this woman and how he acted. His eyes locked on to the multiple cameras in the room. This was a fight he wasn't used to.

"Take down the article?" She laughed again "I have no intentions to do that."

"It's full of lies"

"It's an opinion piece, are you calling me a liar, Mr. Zero?"

Bakugou flared his nostrils but shook his head no.

"I won't take it down but..." she stretched the 'u' as she pulled out a notepad from her desk "I could write a follow up clearing up the situation if I had more details..."

Bakugou left a few hours later, cautiously optimistic. She hadn't asked any "gotcha" questions and he had been careful not to share too much... He wasn't half in half or Deku so it wasn't like Bakugou regularly overshared...

But the next morning Bakugou woke to the sound of his phone ringing and over 10 missed calls from Deku.

"Wha-"

"What the FUCK did you do??" Deku yelled so loudly that Bakugou had to hold the phone away from his ear.

"Nothing I-"

"Did you SEE the article? Kacchan what the FUCK?! I told you those things privately. All those things were one time things, what is wrong with you?!"

Bakugou sat straight up, fumbling with his phone to pull up the tabloid website "I didn't say anything!!"

The new article was titled "Sex, Love, and Heroes, Ground Zero tells all in this shocking exclusive interview"

"You're an ASSHOLE!"

"I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING"

The article was nearly 5 pages long and listed every sexual encounter Bakugou had ever had starting when he turned 17. It had things that Bakugou had never told anyone in his life.

It went into so much detail that the blond dropped his phone, his chest felt tight.

"Kacchan?"

"I- I- didn't"

It was all details only /he/ would know. Embarrassing details about first times and accidental quirk usage. Intimate details about the first time he almost fell in love.

And what was worse was that it had every little detail about his feelings for Kirishima.

"Kacchan!"

There was a knock on his front door. Bakugou left his phone and stumbled to it, his stomach-turning.

He had never felt so exposed. He never did personal interviews, never revealed his feelings to the public... this was too much.

Bakugou opened the door and immediately got slapped in the face.

"You ASSHOLE"

"Ashido-"

"That shit was PERSONAL"

"I didn-"

The next hand that came across his face was metal.

"You ASSHOLE"

"/FUCK/"

"You can't just... /YOU/ of all people... That shit was hurtful man!" Tetsu yelled, pushing Bakugou back into his apartment "I know we didn't end on the best terms but geez Katsuki!"

"I DIDNT- Can I fucking talk?!"

"Oh are we all here to end Kacchan?" Kaminari said, as he pushed passed Mina into his apartment, his eyes bloodshot and his nose running "I don't even do shit like this."

"Oi-"

"That shit was low dude..." Sero added before mumbling "we should've carpooled"

"We should've" Todoroki agreed, putting a hand on Tetsu's arm to stop him from hitting Bakugou again "but hitting him won't unwrite the article"

"I didn't say any of that stuff!"

"Care you explain then??" Mina snapped, waving the magazine in his face "You were the only one who knew this stuff!"

"I hope Aizawa didn't read it," Kaminari said, sniffling "In the classroom too, cant you keep it in your pants?"

"That time was with yo- never-fucking-mind"

"I'll make tea while we listen to his bullshit excuse," Todoroki said, taking off his shoes and heading to the kitchen with Sero following close behind.

"KACCHAN" Bakugou cursed when Deku landed in the doorway "you cant just- oh"

he looked around "almost everyone came huh"

"Just missing... Iida, Jirou, Shinsou..." Tetsu grumbled and pulled out his phone "Uraraka..."

"She didn't want to come" Midoriya sighed before glaring at Bakugou "but I do believe you when you say you didn't say that. It's not like to you overshare like that"

Bakugou rubbed his cheek "Yeah I didn't say that shit."

"A quirk?" Kaminari asked.

Midoriya pulled at his bottom lip "Her quirk is public knowledge though... she just has a basic float quirk similar to Ochako's..."

They tossed around ideas as they made their way into the kitchen to join the others.

"So do we confront her?" Mina asked after Baugou told them exactly what happened for the third time "If Katsuki didn't say that then it must have been a quirk."

"But it's not her quirk... or at least publicly," Todoroki said "maybe she has two?"

Midoriya shook his head.

"There's not much we can do," Iida said, he had arrived about an hour after everyone else "Bakugou agreed to that interview and everything is... truthful."

"This is a nightmare" Mina groaned, "I don't need five year old mistakes out in the open like this"

"You're uncharacteristically quiet," Sero said, glancing at Bakugou "That article said more shit about you than us."

"He hates me" The blond mumbled, putting his hands on his knees to try to keep his legs from bouncing "he has to have see if by now."

"who? Ei-"

"OF COURSE KIRISHIMA YOU DUNCE FACE" Bakugou dropped his head against the table.

"You did fuck all his friends in high school" Mina noted, "but honestly... So did he..."

"We were all horny shits" Kaminari said, sipping his tea "Hell I blew him the night we fucked"

Bakugou made a face "You what?"

Kaminari avoided eye contact.

"The point is" Mina cut in "I doubt he /hates/ you"

"He's at our summer house anyway, probably doesn't have signal" Tetsu added

"...what?"

"Yeah, the place has terrible signal, great for vacations though. I told him it would be best to stay there since no one really knows about it"

"You guys have a summer house?" Bakugou asked

"Yeah! Him, me, Tamaki, and Tashiro all pitched in. It's a nice place"

"You never told meee?" Kaminari whined

"We don't use it often" Tetsu shrugged

"So you don't think he saw?" Bakugou asked

"nah, probably not"

the blond nodded and stood up "then I'm gonna go kill that woman before he does"

"Kacchan wait!" Midoriya quickly put his hand on Bakugou's chest "we need to be careful about this-"

"I'll go" Todoroki said "Maybe I can figure out what happened."

"No offense, babe, but she might get more out of you than she did from Bakugou" Sero said, patting his shoulder

"Really?"

"Yeah, the last thing we need is the world to know even more about your daddy issues" Kaminari laughed

"I'll go with Tetsu" Mina said "I dont have anything else to lose and I don't think Tetsu has many secrets either"

Tetsu cleared his throat "Um... Maybe send Hitoshi? That might work better?"

Kaminari and Mina's eyes lit up "oooh Tetsu-"

"Not now idiots" Bakugou snapped

"When does Kirishima come back?" Midoriya asked

"I think he said he'd stay a week to let everything calm down" Tetsu said quickly

"Then let's try to get this fixed before then... I can't risk talking to her, since we don't know what quirk we're dealing with..."

"Hitoshi would be our best bet"

"Would he be willing to go though?" Kami asked "he's not the kind of guy..."

"He would for Katsuki... and to get this shit taken down"

"I wanna go too" Mina said "Just to give this bitch a piece of my mind"

"that's not the best idea..."

"too bad"

A few minutes later, everyone except Bakugou and Midoriya cleared out of the kitchen to start their set tasks.

"You ok?" Midoriya asked softly

"No."

Midoriya sighed "You know I don't hold any of that stuff against you, right? The past is the past"

Bakugou didn't respond.

"Ochako didn't come because she knew I already yelled at you. You were seventeen."

"Could you shut the fuck up, Deku? I don't need... whatever this is"

"It's healthy to talk about-"

"I don't /want/ to talk about it! I never even wanted to think about this again. its /done/ its /over/. Why did it have to come up again?!"

"Katsuki. it's ok to be upset about it."

"Get out of my house, Deku"

"We should talk about this"

"There's nothing to say." Bakugou shot him a glare "Get out"

***

The next day there was a new article that was all about Shinsou's and Aizawa's personal relationship. A short and sweet feel-good story.

"I didn't notice anything odd when I was there," He said on the group chat that Kaminari had titled 'taking the bitch down squad'

"The article doesn't stray that far from what I told her, but the small detail about Eri is suspect. I did mention Eri, but I purposefully lied about a couple of things. Either she had prior knowledge about it or..."

"Someone is using a quirk" Mina finished for him.

"but it can't be her" Shinsouu continued, rubbing his temples "she used her quirk to grab something while we were interviewing. It's a floating quirk, like Midoriya said it was"

"wait... she used her quirk?" Bakugou asked

"yeah, and she apologized after fo-"

"why?"

"she was grabbing something from far away. she made it float to her" Mina explained

"but did she need to use her quirk?" Midoriya piped in

"It was like she was showing you"

"like she knew that's what we were looking for?"

"Fuck this" Bakugou stood up "I want fucking answers and I want them now."

"Kacchan wait!"

but Bakugou had already hung up and was storming to that bitch's office as fast as he could go. He practically broke through the front door, scaring the small receptionist at the front desk.

"She's not here!" the poor girl squeaked when she saw Ground Zero stalk forwards.

"I'll wait." he hissed back, looking around the counter to her computer "what is her quirk's name? Do you know?"

"You can't- I don't have to answer that!"

Bakugou scowled "what is her quirk"

"I- I-" she stammered and pulled out a little lamented paper from under her desk started reading "I don't ha-have to answer a-any questions and refuse to d-do so without my boss present"

Just then Deku arrived, obviously relieved that the building was still standing.

"Kacchan whats-"

"she won't tell me what that bitch's quirk is," Bakugou said making the girl flinch "where is she now?"

"I refuse to answer..."

"Oh /come on/, honey, you don't get paid enough to cover her ass like this" an older women's voice came from the other room.

Bakugou looked at the woman peeking her head around the corner"she said something about a summer house? Getting her man? I don't know, she was /crazy/"

"What's her quirk?" Deku asked

"Honey, I wish I knew. She said it was floating but she never showed us, and I never believed a word she said"

"what is it?" Bakugou hissed at the receptionist

"I cant tell you!"

"I'm going to get Kirishima" Bakugou spat at Midoriya, bumping into the other hero on his way out of the door "Handle her"

"Kacchan-" Deku started, but the blond was already out the door, dialing TetsuTetsu on his phone.

"Oi, metal face, where's that summer house?"

***

It took Bakugou longer than he would've liked to get to the little summer house. Even with Tetsu's thorough instructions, the blond got lost twice and he was so frustrated that everyone within a ten-mile radius was probably aware of his presence.

The summer house was tucked away in the corner of a secluded beach. There were no neighbors... no signal... it was almost as if it was on a private island.

He could see himself staying here but not an extrovert like Kirishima...

Bakugou approached as quickly and quietly as he could. He saw Kirishima's motorcycle parked in a makeshift driveway at the edge of the beach, but that was the only vehicle there...

Maybe he had beaten her there? Bakugou had only gotten there so fast with his quirk.

The blond crept along the side of the small beach house and peaked in through one of the kitchen windows.

The inside was a complete mess, a strange mishmash of Kirishima and Tetsu's "manly aesthetic", modern decor, and a typical beachside knickknacks.

If Bakugou hadn't been so concerned for Kirishima he probably would've laughed.

He bit his lip and scanned the inside of the house. he didn't see Kirishima...

Bakugou scowled. Should he look for another window or just break-in? Maybe Kirishima was in the bathroom or something... not seeing him didn't automatically mean he was in any danger...

"Bakugou?"

The blond flinched and turned to find Kirishima standing behind him with a confused look on his face. He was in a swimsuit, hair damp from swimming in the ocean. his shoulders were sunburned.

"What are you doing here?"

"I-" Bakugou's mouth suddenly felt dry. He had been mentally prepared for a fight, he hadn't even considered what he would tell Kirishima if everything was normal.

"Are you on a mission?" Kirishima continued, looking around "There's no one here but me though"

"That reporter bitch" Bakugou said loudly when his voice finally started working again, startling Kirishima "Where is she?! She said she was coming here!"

"What? Do you mean Kirika?"

Oh, so that was her name...

"Yeah, that reporter bitch!"

"Why would she be here?"

"Because she... you... Shitty Hair, you're in danger. She's crazy!" Bakugou grabbed his arm "I guess I beat her here, come on let's go"

Kirishima made a face "Danger? Bakugou she doesn't know where I am, and even if she did she's just a reporter with a floating quirk... Look I know you're upset about those articles but it's cool, man, I'm over it!"

"It's not about that! She has a different quirk, come on we gotta go"

"Bro I've seen Kirika use her quirk, it's just a floating quirk"

"What? No it's not she-"

"Dude, she's just a gossip reporter. Her job is to cause drama, you need to calm down. She's not crazy"

"You didn't see what she did! She's using a quirk to get information, if not her than one of her employees. She said she was coming here, Kirishima we have to go"

"I /did/ see what she did, man. I didn't know and I'm honestly a little hurt no one told me about what happened in high school, but it's fine" Bakugou could tell from Kirishima's face that it was not fine "I just want to stay here for a few more days. I'm on vacation."

"Kirishima-"

"Just because you spilled your guts to Kirika and regretted it doesn't make her crazy. She's just good at her job."

"I didn't tell her /any/ of that, Kirishima! That's the point!"

Kirishima laughed humorlessly "yeah, sure Bakugou..."

"Why would I tell a reporter that I slept with half of our class? You know I'm not that stupid"

"Really? You were stupid enough to sleep with my best friends... It's like you slept with everyone /but/ me."

Kirishima jerked his arm away "and then talking about how you actually liked me the whole time as if that makes it any better..."

"It was a long time ago"

"But you said you still like me"

Bakugou opened his mouth then closed it again

"What you can tell Kirika but not me?"

"I didn't fucking tell her. That's the point."

"But you still won't tell me? You don't have the balls to say it to my face, Katsuki?"

Kirishima took a step forwards, crowding Bakugou against the side of the house. the blond had to tilt his head to keep looking him in the eyes.

"Just admit that you like me"

"Kirishima... I-"

"You told her that you like me. That you thought that you were in love with Midoriya but what you felt for me was stronger than that" Kirishima was too close to him now "Why can you just say the same thing to me"

Bakugou frowned, this didn't feel right...

He put a hand on Kirishima's chest and pushed him back.

"You're not Kirishima"

Kirishima's face fell, his brow crinkling the way it always did when he was confused, a forced smile tugging at his lips.

"What do you mean? Of course I am"

"Kirishima doesn't act like this"

"Bakugou... dude... You're kinda scaring me"

"How do you know about the article if you don't have any signal out here? There are no shops around for miles"

"Bro I-"

"Why are you defending a person who's been slandering you for weeks? Why are you taking her word over mine?"

"Y-you slept with everyone-"

"SO DID YOU!"

Kirishima's jaw dropped, stammering a bit as he back up.

"Kaminari /blew/ you after, he and I fucked! What do you have to say about that"

"He... I-"

"But you don't know about that do you?!"

Bakugou's hands crackled dangerously and Kirishima's eyes widened.

"You're s-scaring me"

"Who the fuck are you?" the blond hissed

'Kirishima' didn't respond, his nostrils flaring and his breathing became uneven.

"WELL?"

He responded with a loud sob, big, fat tears spilling over and rolling down his cheeks.

"I don't wanna play this anymore!" He cried, body shrinking... and shrinking... and shrink... "Kirikaaa! This isn't fun!!! He's scary!!"

The person got smaller and smaller until Bakugou was standing in front of a young boy who couldn't be much older than six or seven.

"what the fuck" He breathed.

"Kirika! Kirika!" The boy sobbed "I wanna go home! I want my mom!"

Bakugou shook his head, dropping down so that he was eye level with the kid. The boy flinched away, but Bakugou put his hands up and tried to smile as softly as he could.

"Hey, it's fine. You're fine"

"You y-yelled at me" he sniffled

"That was grown-up stuff," Bakugou said quietly "Now, where's Kirika and whats her quirk?"

"W-why are you mad about s-sleep overs?"

Jesus Christ.

"Grown-ups get mad about a lot of things. Where's Kirika?"

"I-in there" The boy pointed at the house "With Red R-riot"

Bakugou could barely keep his composure.

"And what's her quirk?" He asked through grit teeth.

"F-floating... sometimes"

"Sometimes?!"

The kid shrunk in on himself and Bakugou cursed, sucking a deep breath through his nose.

"What do you mean sometimes?"

"I-I don't know" tears were starting to well up in the boy's eyes again.

"Ok. You stay here ok? I'm gonna... talk to Kirika"

Bakugou gave the kid a candy bar that he had in one of his pockets before swiftly kicking the door in, hands up and ready to strike.

It was too quiet.

Bakugou searched the first floor, but there was no sign of them there. The blond held his breath as he walked quietly up the stairs.

The door at the end of the hallway was open slightly.

Bakugou sped towards the door, his ears straining to hear anything. The room was too dark, the windows inside must be covered too. He reached for the handle, not wanting to ruin a possible sneak attack.

"Don't go in there"

The blond flinched and looked back down the hall.

"I told you to wait outside, kid" Bakugou hissed

"Don't go in there"

What the fuck...

Bakugou reached for the doorknob again and a hand clamped down around his wrist.

"You can go in there!" Kirishima's voice said, the kid jerking Baugou back with one adult-sized arm "Kirika said you can't'!"

"Let go, kid!" Bakugou growled.

The blond forced the kid's hand open and quickly threw open the door.

"You can't!!" the boy yelled, grabbing Bakugou around the waist and tackling him to the ground "She's not done yet!"

The boy's body rippled and changed into a woman in her twenties, Bakugou recognized her face from Kirika's office building.

"Kirika! Help!"

"Shit- Haia, you were supposed to keep him outside!"

Bakugou squinted, his eyes adjusting to the darkness.

Kirishima was sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, looking forward with a blank stare as Kirika stood behind him. Her hands hovered on either side of his head, her eyes were closes but moving rapidly as if she were dreaming.

"You try keeping Ground Zero outside!"

It took Bakugou half a second to grab Haia's face and let off an explosion with both palms, one to force her to let go and the other to propel him across the room.

His body collided with Kirika's and they both fell to the floor.

"What the fuck are you doing to him?!"

"Bakugou?" Kirishima asked, rubbing his face, "W-what's going on? Why is it dark?"

"He's fucking mine! Let me go!" Kirika screamed, kicking her feet.

She was so much weaker than Bakugo that it didn't faze him.

"What were you doing?" the blond asked, his voice cold as ice.

"I was... I was looking at his memories." Kirika said with a pout

"Like you did to me?"

"yeah..."

"Not cool" Kirishima said, standing up "Where's that kid from earlier is he ok?"

"Kid's not a kid," Bakugou said, gesturing to Haia who was passed out on the floor "'s another extra. They said you can float sometimes what's that about"

"I don't have to tell you anything" Kirika spat

Kirishima groaned and rubbed his eyes "My head hurts, something doesn't feel right"

"Just hold on, Shitty Hair, I'll take you to a doctor once I finish with this bitch"

"Bro don't call my girlfriend a bitch that's not cool..."

Bakugou's head snapped "Your /what/?!"

Kirishima's eyes focused on him and he frowned "and why the fuck are you on top of her!? Dude, get off!"

"Kirishima, she was just fucking with your head!"

"ah~ Eijiro he's hurting me!" Kirika cried, painfully forced but Kirishima reacted as if it were real.

He grabbed Bakugou by the back of his shirt and pulled him off of Kirishima, his hardened fingers tearing through the thin material and scraping his back.

"Dude, I know you don't like her but this shit is uncalled for! What are you even doing here?! How did you find us?"

"Kirishima, she was just attacking you! I came here to help you!"

"attack- dude my girlfriend wouldn't attack me! You're clearly attacking her!"

"and Haia!" Kirika added

"who?" Kirishima frowned, looking around until his eyes fell on the unconscious girl "Oh my god, Bakugou!"

"Kirishima she's manipulating you! You were here alone and she came and attacked you!" Bakugou said, trying to keep his voice even.

"Bro that doesn't make any sense!"

"She altered your memories"

"Kirika has a floating quirk"

"She doesn't have a fucking floating quirk"

"I've seen it, man, it's like Uraraka's..."

Bakugou was about to rip his hair out.

"I think you should go before I call the cops," Kirika said with a dirty grin "You did assault my friend after all"

"There's no signal" Bakugou hissed

"She's right dude, you should go"

"I'm not leaving you alone with this fucking bitch"

"Dude!"

"Kirishima. She is /messing/ with you"

"Kirika and I have been together for a long time, she isn't messing with me. We're serious wether you like it or-"

"A LONG TIME?!"

Kirishima flinched "yeah dude... you know this"

"Baby, I think your friend is having a crisis," Kirika said, pushing her way around Bakugou and holding onto Kirishima's arm.

"Yeah for real man... You act like Kirika and I haven't been dating for years now..."

Bakugou's hands started popping "/years/"

"Dude..."

"How the fuck do you think you're going to get away with this you psychotic bitch?"

"Bakugou, don't call my girlfriend a bitch!"

"I told you he's mine," Kirika said, holding on tighter "Why would he trust you more than his girlfriend"

"I'm going to fucking end you"

"Bakugou!" Kirishima looked horrified as he stepped between them "You need to leave. /Now/."

Bakugou was breathing hard, his gaze going back and forth between Kirishima and the smug bitch standing behind him.

"Don't' make me force you dude"

"If I leave she'll make this worse"

"Bro, I don't know what's gotten into you..."

"I think he's jealous" Kirika said

"I'm not fucking jealous" Bakugou seethed

"Bakugou... If you like Kirika-"

"I don't /like/ Kirika" Bakugou cut him off quickly, his palms crackling again "I... I like you. I've always liked you. The only reason I even talked to her in the first place was for you, I didn't know she would go bat shit like this. I need you to really think about this +

Why would I lie to you? I don't care if you want to date some extra but you aren't dating her. You never have and you never wanted to"

Kirishima looked conflicted "But we've-"

"How did you even start dating? Tell me that?"

Kirishima opened his mouth but hesitated before answering "I... I don't know."

"Do you remember asking her to come here with you? Do you remember if she met our friends?"

"I-"

"He's just asking random shit to distract from the fact that he /attacked/ me, baby!" Kirika said, reaching up and holding Kirishima's face "You remember me! you remember us"

"Don't touch him!" Bakugou yelled, lunging towards her right when he saw Kirishima's eyes glaze over slightly.

"Kacchan!!" Everyone jumped as Deku flew in through the window "She has a memory altering quirk!"

"I already know that you damn nerd! Took you long enough!"

"Tetsu and Iida are coming too" Deku said, using black whip to pull Kirika to the opposite side of the room "It's over, ma'am!"

"Eijiro! Save me!" Kirika cried out, reaching for him.

"I- I-" Kirishima stammered, looking from her to Midoriya and then to Bakugou "What's happening?"

"Your receptionist told us everything." Deku said, "You've been making her float things to make it seem like it was your quirk."

"Let go of me!" Kirika yelled

"Shut up, bitch, it's over for you! Now fix what you did to Kirishima before I blast your face off"

"Kacchan..."

Kirika looked at Kirishima's face and then deflated "It'll go back on its own... I didn't get to finish so it won't stick"

"Kirika..." Kirishima said, looking hurt.

"Goddamn it... Deku and you take her and her outside" he pointed a thumb at Haia "I wanna talk to Kirishima"

Deku looked like he wanted to say something but thought against it, leading Kirika out of the room and scooping up Haia on his way out.

Kirishima let out a sigh and walked to the bed, sitting down.

"Man, I'm so confused" he laughed, running his fingers through his hair.

"Yeah..." Bakugou said sitting down next to him "I was kinda worried there for a second."

"So I really didn't date Kirika at all?"

"Nope, not a single day."

"Oh..." Kirishima laughed again and rubbed his eye "She made me think I had a ring ready and stuff"

Bakugou shifted uncomfortably "I'm sorry"

"It's fine. She said it would go back to normal, right? But... damn... it fucking hurts right now"

"I kinda know the feeling"

"Yeah?"

"Not exactly, but like the feeling of finding out someone you thought you loved isn't who you think they are... Like when fucking Deku left me for Round Cheeks"

"What?"

"It was my fault really. I thought I could fix it by suggesting we all do it together. I thought it would work, but I just made them realize their feelings for each other. Then I got mad at Deku for 'switching sides' it was a whole mess"

"So that's what happened second year?"

"Yeah..."

"You could've told me back then."

"What difference would it have made"

"I wish you knew you didn't have to deal with that stuff alone. Tetsu told me about what happened with you guys"

Bakugou hummed in response.

"You kind of did him dirty, but it makes sense now that I know about Midoriya and Uraraka."

Bakugou hummed again.

"Did you mean what you said before... about liking me?"

"I don't say shit I don't mean," he said, glancing at Kirishima out of the corner of his eye.

the redhead smiled a little bit.

"I do like you. Even when I was fucking around at UA" Bakugou said and Kirishima laughed for real. "Mina said you fucked around at UA too"

"You want me to be completely honest? I fucked Kamakiri once because Tetsu told me he reminded him of you"

"Are you serious?"

"You can judge me, you dated Tetsutestu"

"He's nothing like you," Bakugou said

Kirishima raised an eyebrow.

"he not!"

"Ok, who else did you fuck and why," Kirishima asked, lying back on the bed and motioning from Bakugou to do the same.

"You wanna gossip like teenage girls?" Bakugou asked

"Humor me, I just lost my not girlfriend"

"Pfft, fine"

"So I lost my V card to Tomo during summer break before UA" Kirishima started, smiling at the ceiling "It was awful, we didn't know what we were doing"

"I bet, idiot. You were too young."

"What? Like you didn't lose yours early"

"I mean... I lost mine with Deku and Uraraka, right before the nerd left me."

"Oh. Your first time was with both of them?"

"Yeah."

"Oh..."

"Deku cried"

"Bro! Don't tell me that"

Bakugou laughed "I did too though"

"I got with Mina next, she was just always there for me you know? We didn't like each other like that but... we had fun"

"I fucked with her because I was mad at Round Cheeks and I knew they were friends"

"Dude!"

"What? You're the one who asked who I fucked with"

"Who else was there?"

"Four-eyes, that Brainwashing bastard, Dunce Face, Ears, Half-in-Half, Tin Can, Soy sauce face, Frog that one time"

"Geez" Kirishima laughed "How did I not know about half of those?"

"Because I didn't fuck them in my room. I only let people I like in my room"

"Who else besides me saw your room?"

"No one"

Kirishima was quiet for a little bit after that, but for Bakugou it was a comfortable silence.

"Then why didn't we" the redhead started softly "You never even hinted at wanting to... with me"

"I didn't want to fuck it up. I could do without all those other extras, but not you"

"Bakugou..."

"All my other relationships ended really, /really/, badly. I couldn't risk that with you"

Kirishima didn't respond.

"It's not like you made a move or anything" Bakugou shrugged.

Kirishima sat straight up "What?!"

"You didn't ask me our or flirt with me so..."

"Bakugou I flirted with you constantly!" Kirishima gawked "I touched you every chance I got, I was always in your room... Bakugou everyone knew I liked you! I just assumed you weren't interested in me!"

Bakugou lifted his head, staring at Kirishima for a long time before lowering himself back down on the bed.

"Oh," he said

Kirishima laid back down before bursting out laughing "we're so fucking stupid"

Bakugou laughed with him.

"We should go on a date," The blond said decisively "Tonight."

Kirishima's laughter died down and he took a deep breath "tonight is no good, I just lost my girlfriend remember. It's still fresh"

"Kirishima."

"But I have this place for the rest of the week... I could use the company..." he turned head at the same time Bakugou did, not realizing how close they were to each other.

"I didn't bring any clothes," Bakugou said

Kirishima flushed "It'll be fine, right?"

The blond smirked and rolled over, straddling Kirishima's hips "I don't know shitty hair, will it?"

"Y-yeah, I think it will" He responded, reaching up to cup Bakugou's cheek and bring his face to down to meet his own.

-the end-