[krbk thread]

kirishima starts getting so freaked out whenever he thinks about how attractive his best bro bakugo is that he starts saying no homo out loud, randomly, in the middle of whatever conversation or circumstance he's currently engaged in.

it's endearing, at first. bakugo is surprised the first time, he can't tell if it was a pitiful attempt at a joke or simply some weird straight guy thing. they both are changing in the locker rooms the first time kirishima splutters out the phrase.

bakugo's not out to anyone at the class, so he rolls his eyes and snorts and writes it off as kirishima being insecure in his own sexuality. which is fine by him, because bakugo sure wouldn't mind kirishima being queer.

but the guy definitely has an aggressively heteronormative viewpoint on the world, it's like he hasn't considered that gay people exist and want to be homo, specifically with him. as far as bakugo can see, kirishima has no clue besides his occasional panicked no homo.

since there seems to be no relation between the phrase and bakugo himself, he dismissed his gut feeling that it's related to him. after all, he's heard kirishima say it in the exact same tone when he hadn't even made his presence known.

sometimes kirishima would say it when there were no guys around at all, which was even stranger. what was he thinking about? bakugo was beginning to wonder if kirishima genuinely thought it was a funny joke, or worse, maybe his best friend was actually homophobic.

it had, by that point, gotten infuriating enough that bakugo finally decided to take action. all out, unexpected action guaranteed to startle his best friend. startle him out of his no homo craze.

when bakugo utters the words "im gay" during a tutoring session, kirishima stares at him for a good minute. before saying no homo. bakugo fails to hold back the frustration in his expression, but kirishima doesn't seem to notice.

instead, he starts mumbling no homo. bakugo doesn't even think kirishima is aware of his presence in his own goddamn room, which is extremely concerning. it's also where everything clicks together.

that meathead, he clearly was struggling through identifying his own identity. bakugo didn't understand why that manifested in the barrage of no homos, but he was willing to teach kirishima anything he wanted to know. the gayer, the better.

also, he was now quite confident that his best friend had a crush on him. it was definitely reciprocated, how could bakugo resist the abs and the sunshine personality? the answer was, it would be impossible to even try.

still, while kirishima was figuring himself out, bakugo planned to have a little fun. it started completely harmless, keeping his shirt off for longer than usual in the locker rooms, but even that sparked mutters of no homo.

the rest of the class was starting to catch on, but most of them could sense the aggressive flirting coming from bakugo and made the unanimous and extremely wise choice not to interact. plus, bakugo didn't want to stand around half naked around all of his classmates.

that was kirishima's job, not his. rectifying his tactical error, bakugo began inviting kirishima to spar more in private, the best place to see what he had to do to get his best friend to say it.

bakugo had prepared to offer a shirtless sparring match, sure that if anything was going to completely break kirishima that'd be it, he always seemed to get especially bothered in the changing room.

that wasn't quite it. no, the first time bakugo smiled at kirishima, a genuine, kind smile, he got to witness his best friend implode first hand.

it was a slow implosion, kirishima's eyes widened slightly as he took in bakugo's smile, a noticeable enough gesture that he switched immediately back to his trademark scowl. but it was too late.

kirishima's face flushed as he keep his mouth shut, but bakugo could see the familiar cry fighting to escape. he decided that it was finally time to take action, finally time to stop his best friend's lack of homoromantic experiences.

right before the words escaped kirishima's lips, bakugo pressed a finger to them. it was enough to gain all of kirishima's attention again, and bakugo rewarded his adorable best friend with another smirk.

he moved closer and whispered a new option into kirishima's ear. "want to try yes homo for a change, hair for brains?"

the hair had definitely clogged everything up, because it took kirishima a full two minutes to muster up a response. but the wait was worth it, because his answer was a whispered "yes."

bakugo leaned in and gave kirishima a sizable helping of additional homo, through a kiss.