i dont need your help; k. bakugou

seventeen

17

once the hangover had subsided, it was already 6pm on sunday, and y/n and izuku decided to go on a coffee run and chat for a bit.

she hadn't heard from bakugou since she went off at him and he hadn't contacted izuku either, which she felt kind of bad about because she knew they were close.

they'd found a coffee shop not far from the school that was open 24/7, and decided to stay for a bit.

once they'd ordered and found a table, they crashed into the seats with exhausted sighs.

"so," izuku started. "should we talk about the radio silence from bakugou, or are we just going to ignore that?" he asked.

y/n scowled at the mention of his name and shook her head. "radio silence? its been less than a day." she scoffed.

"usually on a sunday i get bombarded with texts about his hero costume and if i can fix it or if ive already fixed it and can he have it back for class the next day, or can i gwt him something from the cafeteria, or—"

she cuts him off, waving a hand in the air dismissively. "i get it, i get it, he thinks youre his personal slave."

"so?" he raises an eyebrow. "are we going to talk about it?"

y/n looks down at her coffee, watching as the steam rises from the mug. "i was a bit harsh on him," is all she says.

izuku nods and takes a sip from his coffee, "it was the hangover, wasnt it."

she nods, "and the constant calling you. i was just pissed that he felt the need to bother you when you were just as bad as i was. i mean, i felt like shit so i knew you did too, and i didnt like that you had to deal with that. i mean, who the fuck harasses hungover people because theyre asleep or cant look at their phones? obviously we were both fine. we were literally in our dorms the rest of the night. what did he actually think was happening if we werent actively glued to our phones?" she asks, progressively getting angrier as she went on.

izuku laughed at how genuinely upset and angry y/n was on his behalf. "he wasn't worried about me, you know?"

"obviously fucking not because he kept calling you over and over," she bites.

he shakes his head. "youre not listening. why do you think he, as you put it, harassed me when you weren't answering?"

y/n sports a puzzled expression, not understanding what her friend was getting at. "i dont know."

"because he was worried about you." izuku smiles.

"so he kept saying, but bothering you certainly wasnt his best course of action." she says.

"maybe not. but people act irrationally when they're worried." izuku explains, then adds, "even if their worry is unnecessary and bothersome."

y/n nods, shrugging her shoulders. "i guess. i know i overreacted, okay? i just dont want him to be so up in my face about his concerns. it makes me feel like a child."

izuku snorts, "you are a child though."

"i mean a younger child. like im 4 and cant take care of myself at all."

he nods. "i know what you mean. having friends that care enough to worry about you is all great until they start acting like you need someone else to monitor your every movement."

she smiles, thankful that izuku always understands her.

"you should text him," he says.

she scrunches her nose up. "not yet."

"please. im getting tired of kaminari's texts asking when you'll both make up." he laughs and all she can do is roll her eyes.

why was everyone so bothered by their little argument anyway?"

as if reading her mind, izuku speaks up again. "he's being worse than usual, i think because of all this. he's all quiet and doesnt say a thing until the slightest thing pisses him off and he blows up terribly."

"all because i called him a fucking piece of shit," she sighs and pulls up their texts on her phone. "fine, i'll text him. but i refuse to fully make peace with him just yet."

bakugou (mina's friend)
18:43

im sorry for being horrible and
reacting the way i did

it was my fault really for starting the
whole thing and texting u while i was
drunk. i think i've just grown so
comfortable with u in my life that i
didnt think twice about it

but im not sorry for getting
pissed off

i do think u handled it completely
fine up until i passed out. getting
me to drink water is really responsible
and i dont think i told u how much i
appreciated u for that

u just need to learn boundaries
but i shouldn't have been a bitch
instead of actually telling u that

so i'm sorry but also i'm not
ready to move on from this yet

i'm only admitting i'm sorry so u'll
stop scaring kaminari but i still am
really sorry and i feel horrible about it

i know i wouldnt have been so
dickish if i wasnt hungover but
i know thats not really an excuse

okay im rambling

putting her phone away, izuku changes the subject to something lighter in attempts to calm his friend down.

on bakugou's side of things, he almost explodes his phone when he gets a text notification, before seeing who it was and calming down a great deal, opening the messages and reading through them all.

y/n
18:48

i should've been more rational.
i was worried and wasnt thinking.
so i'm sorry too.

after replying with one simple text, bakugou puts his phone down, not wanting to message y/n too much while they were on bad terms.

he was less furious now that she had texted him, finally, but the knowledge that there was still nothing he could do to make her talk to him again was...annoying.

only annoying.

nothing more than that, surely.

and he knew it could be days or even weeks before he heard from her again, but he couldnt stop thinking about what she would say when they next spoke because he'd also grown comfortable with having her in his life.