Kiribaku Oneshots

Wolf Hybrids - Krbk (2201 words)

As class let out for lunch, everyone sat with their usual groups: eating and talking away the time. "Hey, Kirishima, did you do the homework yet?" Kaminari questioned, taking a bite of his roll. Kirishima shrugged, tail wagging quickly behind him, "I dunno. Did i?" Kaminari groaned, "I wanna know if I did it right!" Luckily, Sero was talking to Iida as he walked over, so Iida offered to look at his homework. 

Bakugou sighed next to him, "Why can't he do his homework right like everyone else?" Kirishima's ears tilted as he gave a perplexed look towards the blond. "Dude, I did it wrong, like, 7 times yesterday. You were there," Kirishima explained, unaffected by the fact that his tail was harshly thumping on the floor.  "Doesn't your tail ever get fucking tired?" Bakugou asked, grimacing as he watched the red fluffy tail slam down onto the tile. 

Kirishima laughed through a mouthful of food, "Do you ever feel the need to wag yours? But nah, not really! I let it rest overnight, anyways." "Liar!" Mina exclaimed, accusingly pointing a finger at the redhead. "When you dream your tail wags!" Kirishima laughed, raising his hands up in defense. "Okay, okay.. But relative to the question, it doesn't get tired." "Bullshit." 

"Huh?" Red ears tilted again before flattening on his head due to the glare set his way. His tail slowed, now at a gentle movement from side to side instead of being swift. "Whenever you feel bad about yourself it slows, just like that. Why do you keep it wagging if you aren't even happy?"

Kirishima's tail stuttered to a stop. Almost immediately after, it started back up again. "I like being able to make others happy by having myself be happy. You know?" Bakugou rolled his eyes. "Not really. But everyone has bad days: don't force yourself to be happy. It makes it worse. It just allows you to bottle that shit up until it breaks you." 

Kirishima just looked down at his tray, forcing his tail to keep wagging. He wasn't going to let his words affect him. He wouldn't allow it to! At least, that's what he thought. By the time school was out and they were back in the safety of their own dorm rooms, Kirishima's tail stopped wagging. He sighed, eyes trailing around his room slowly. Not for the first time, Kirishima believed that his den of manliness wasn't manly at all.

The next day found Kirishima wagging his tail like usual, smile wide on his face as he laughed with his friends. He was glad no one breathed a word of Bakugou's and his' conversation from yesterday; he didn't want to talk about his emotions anymore. He knew that he couldn't have responded to Bakugou without giving away too much. He couldn't allow anyone to see how unmanly he really, truly is. 

Because of that conversation, though, Kirishima has started thinking too deeply about things. How he consciously has to wag his tail now, or how hard it actually feels to smile. He even found it hard to look anyone directly in the eyes; he keeps looking away quickly, or even facing the floor the whole time. 

"What's up with Kiri?" Mina asked quietly, trying not to let the other hear. Kirishima forced his tail to keep wagging, ears easily overhearing the conversation. "Not too sure," Sero stated, and Jirou's familiar hum agreed with him. "He would tell us if something was wrong... right?" Kaminari asked, and Kirishima felt a lump form in his throat. No: he didn't tell them. He couldn't, especially since he didn't even know what was wrong!

It was all Bakugou's fault. He made him overthink things. Why would he be upset in the first place? He was living in a building with his entire class! His friends! He liked training, liked school, liked... Liked Bakugou. He didn't have a reason to be upset- there was no reason for these sad emotions! Kirishima huffed, grinning as his tail wagged even faster, his mood brightening up a bit due to his internal pep talk.

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"Hah! Fell with one punch! I thought he was going to be more of a man than that!" Rappa grinned, rolling his shoulders a few times before attacking Fatgum. Fat! He's hurting- I have to- I need to- "Tch. I gotta fill in, then. Get your strength back up, Riot," A calm, deep voice spoke, and Kirishima blinked through cracked vision. Bakugou? The blond turned away from him before blasting into the heat of the fight, dodging Rappa's fists as he sent explosion after explosion onto the villain.