Soothe | Bakugo x Reader

Chapter 54

The gorgeous rich smells of a roasting joint of beef wafts through the house as I stir the batter for the Yorkshire puddings, a smile playing on my lips as I watch Katsuki in the corner of my eye. A faint hum leaves my lips as I set the batter on the kitchen counter and I begin to add the vegetables to the boiling water and let them begin to cook. The roast dinner slowly coming along quite nicely for tonight's dinner. My blonde fiancé fusses over the living room, fluffing the many pillows sitting happily on the two couches and the armchair to make sure that the whole house is presentable for the whirlwind of visitors we are having over.

Katsuki is close to combusting with the amount of times he's been fussing over everything. He has mopped the floors to the point that I'm surprised the floor hasn't eroded with the amount of disinfectant and bleach he added to the water when mopping. He's dusting everything as he goes and he can't even go without five minutes without finding dust somewhere. He's fluffed the pillows more times than I can count and he's even polished the tv! He's so adamant that this night goes well that his brain has been switched into overdrive.

I don't blame him though.. tonight is a very big deal.

Tonight, Katsuki and I are hosting dinner at our place with seven guests tonight. These seven guests are none other than our families. Both of Katsuki's parents are coming over bringing some desserts as well to alleviate some of the stress of me cooking for nine people already which is going to help me so much. Then, we also have my mom and my dad and my two brothers coming over plus Ichiro is bringing his girlfriend Ibara so that's an extra chair at the table. This will be the first time our parents meet one another. So this has to go well..

Plus we still haven't told them I'm engaged yet, it's not that bad though. Katsuki hasn't told his parents since they were in Milan doing a fashion week and he didn't want to pull them away from their work. So we decided tonight would be a great day, we also decided to tell everyone at the same time so no one took it the wrong way if we didn't tell them first. Katsuki's parents are very 'I have to know before everyone else' kind of people and I'm pretty sure they would crucify Katsuki if he told my parents before them.

Smiling to myself, I go back to surveying the food and making sure that the water doesn't bubble over as the potatoes boil away (a little trick I learnt is to parboil them, fluff them up and then roast them). A faint sigh leaves my lips as I notice Katsuki fussing over the many photos on the mantlepiece of the fireplace. He's really het up about this evening. It's almost starting to stress me out with the sheer amount that he's stressing...

Guess I'm going to have the bring out the big guns.

Gently, I walk toward my fiancé and press my fingertips against his upper arms. I will my quirk to take place as I allow the calming effect of my quirk to seep into his bloodstream and calm him down. The tenseness of his muscles begins to relax as he releases a small breath and turns toward me. Sending him a reassuring smile, I wrap my arms around his neck and press a faint kiss to his cheek while he nuzzles into my neck. Feeling how sweaty his hands are, I hand him a towel and allow him to dry his hands while he clears his throat and sighs to himself.

"Kat, they're not monsters. You love my family and they love you," I tell him, cupping his face in my hands and rubbing his cheek with my thumb, "Tonight is going to go great, they'll be so excited. Your parents will love this too, you know how much your mom has been going on about when you're gonna propose,"

"I know, I know... I just, I want this to go really well," He tells me, smirking playfully when he shifts one of the pictures to the left a little making me groan, "This is the first time our parents are actually meeting each other. My mom can make a bad first impression and I don't want your dad to think that you're marrying into a family of psychos,"