The Chef

Chapter five

Katsuki walked down into the living room, a hoodie helping to cover his arms. It was about three in the morning and Katsuki needed to do something to occupy his mind. So he was going to make himself some tea. 

He stilled when he saw someone sitting on the couch, head in their hands. He recognized the red spiky hair. Eijirou. Why was Eijirou down here? Why did he seem upset?

Katsuki’s eyes widened when he heard him sniffling, Eijirou was crying. Who made Eijirou cry?! Katsuki saw red for a few seconds before he calmed himself down and went over to the couch. “Kirishima?”

Eijirou whipped around and looked at him. “Bakugou? What are you doing up at….” Eijirou looked at the time. “Two A.M….”

“I could ask you the same thing.” He sat down next to him. “Whats wrong?”

“What? Nothings wrong.” He wiped his tears away as he talked. 

“I can tell something is wrong Kiri, you’re crying. You seemed so happy earlier today.” Katsuki barely thought as he held Eijirou’s face gently and wiped away his tears.

“No reason…”

“Don’t lie to me Ei.”

Eijirou looked at Katsuki. “You’ve never talked to me like this…”

Katsuki let out a small bitter laugh. “Yeah, I know.”

“Why are you being nice now?” Eijirou slightly pulled away skeptically. He immediately saw the hurt look Katsuki got the moment he pulled away slightly.

Katsuki looked down and brought his hands back and put them in his lap. “Because I’ve always wanted to.”

Eijirou scrunches his eyebrows as he gives him a confused look. “What?”

“I’ve always wanted to be nice Ei. But I have to be mean and rude and angry all the time…”

“Explain Katsuki.”

Katsuki smiled a little at the fact he used his first name. “Because if I don’t then the nitroglicerin will slow my heart rate down so much that I will die.”

Eijirou seemed to freeze as he stared at Katsuki in complete shock. “W-What?”

“I’ll die if I don’t keep my heartrate up. My family had a scare with it when I was six.”

“You almost died when you were six?”

Katsuki nodded. “I had a sugar rush crash and if Izuku hadn’t been at my house to inform my mom that I seemed to be in a death like sleep, I wouldn’t be here. Izuku had been my hero then.”

“Then why are you an asshole to Midoriya now?”

“Look at him. He was so scrawny that I was scared that he’d be killed in seconds. I didn’t want my best friend to die. I couldn’t live with myself if Izuku died. And he wouldn’t listen to me so I had to go to bullying him, which I regret with every ounce of my being.”

“You just want to keep people safe…”

He nods. “That's all I’ve ever wanted. But my quirk and ‘personality’ only scares people away.”

Eijirou gently touches his shoulder. “Why don’t you tell anyone.”

Katsuki shrugs. “Never really thought about telling anyone. I’ve told Aizawa-sensei.”

“Does Midoriya know?” Eijirou watched him shake his head. “Why haven’t you ever told him.”

“Because he doesn’t need to worry. Plus he doesn’t even like me anymore.”

“Katsuki, Midoriya doesn’t shut up about how you’re his best friend. Hell, Kaminari called you Kacchan and Todoroki had to hold Midoriya back from hurting him. That special little nickname is his and he doesn’t like anyone else using the nickname.”

“Really, the nerd was going to actually fight Kaminari?”

Eijirou nodded. “Yeah, I had never seen him that type of upset before, except when you were kidnapped, I thought he was going to kill Shigaraki when he found out that you were taken. You’re his childhood best friend, and apparently no matter the shit you did to him when you were younger doesn’t seem to change that fact. He still cares for you Katsuki.” 

“Thank you, I needed to hear that…”

No problem man.”

“Now, tell me why you were down here crying.”

“I thought you would have forgotten about that…”

“No chance Ei, now tell me why you were crying.”

Eijirou let out a small sigh. “You know how Mina had asked me out after class?”

He wished he didn’t. “Yeah.”

“Well, I didn’t realize she meant it as a date date until about half way through it, I thought it was just a hang out.”

“Thats dense of you.”

“Trust me I know. I told her that I only saw her as a sister and that she wasn’t my type.”

“Oh, how did she take that?”

“Not well, I was lucky that we in a well secluded place. She started to cry and say all sorts of things to try and ‘convince’ me that I did like her.”

“She didn’t.”

“She did. She even tried using her breasts on my arm trick, which doesn’t really work with me.” He watched Katsuki. “She eventually shouted hateful things at me, I’ve been hoping it was just heat of the moment things.”

“She was hateful to you?”

“Yeah, I also thought she knew that I was Pansexual.”

“You’re Pan?”

Eijirou seemed to freeze. “Y-Yeah...Is that a bad thing?”

“No, just surprised, I thought me, Izuku, Todoroki,  and Jirou were the only gays.”

“You’re gay?”

“Yup, I’m a full homosexual.”

“Good to know.” Eijirou was thinking that maybe he had a shot with Katsuki after all.

“Anyway, carry on Ei.”

“She kinda yelled at me and said she wouldn’t talk to me until I stopped being a….I refuse to say what she said.”

“She didn’t…” 

Eijirou nodded and started crying again. 

Katsuki pulled Eijirou into his arms and held him close. “Hey, its okay, I’m here now.”

Eijriou held onto Katsuki’s hoodie and cried. “I didn’t even know that my middle school best friend was homophobic.”

“I honestly thought she was bisexual.”

Eijirou shook his head. “She hates me Katsuki..”

“No she doesn't, she just doesn’t know how to deal with the fact that someone isn’t interested in her.” He held him closer, slightly rocking him.

“Why did she have to be so hateful?”

“Because she didn’t know what else to use to try and get her way.” he gently ran his fingers through his hair, surprised with how soft it felt.

Eijirou slowly calmed down and cuddled more against Katsuki.

Katsuki smiled and held him closer. “You’ve got to be tired. Do you want me to take you to your room?”

“I like being right here..”

Katsuki blinked and let out a soft amused laugh and pulled him closer. “Okay.”

“Okay?”

He nodded. “Okay.”

Eijirou smiled and let himself doze off in his arms. Katsuki wasnt going to let go of him, he knew and felt safe right there.

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