Mutual Attraction

Chap 34

T-Minus 1 Day before the dance:

Bakugou POV:

Fuck I was trying to make sure my hands don't shake as they hover as gently as fucking possible over hers. Her hands were so small but they were perfect for this, my hands are so big and rough no wonder it took me hours to finish. But here in the early hours of the morning, Uraraka was a master at the work before her, her brows stuck together as she concentrated at the task I assigned her. 

"Like this Katsuki?" Gods I could hear her say my name a thousand times over and I'd never get numb to it. "Yeah cheeks, just like that." The cheeks in question tinted red yet again, I love the way they do that, that it's my voice, my attention, my actions that pull that reaction. Ochako tucks a strand of hair behind her ear as she straightens from her hunched stance to roll her neck back and forth on her shoulders then flex her fingers. "wow, I had no idea how intense this could be." I chuckled lightly as I looked over her work, "Sometimes it's just a big puzzle that needs extra attention to be figured out." 

My girl just smiled at me as she took a few deep breaths before asking, "So should we start on the next one?" I picked up the screw driver she was using to tighten down the remaining bolts on my gauntlet then look it over knowing that her work was perfect, knowing that she followed all my instructions to a T. "I don't know, you think you can handle it?" She smirked wickedly before extending her hand, opening and closing it in a 'give me' motion which pulls another chuckle from me. 

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Tonight had been perfect, after lights out at 10, I paced my room for an extra 45 minutes just to be safe that the halls were quiet then remembered the stealth course we took towards the end of last year. On the balls of my feet I waded through the shadows of the hallways all the way to the girls dorms, a low sweat starting from the adrenaline of being caught and trying to quickly carry my tool box while wearing my gauntlets. My plan for tonight was simple, see how mechanically inclined cheeks was. I didn't matter if she wasn't but the thought of teaching her how to handle the fuel tank and adjust the release mechanism all while seeing her with that giddy smile seemed like a something straight out of a fantasy. Soft lamp light was shining from under Ocha's doorway when I got there, good. Instead of knocking, I drummed my fingers on the door, her soft padding across the carpet spread the grin I already had on my face. 

Something stirred in my gut as the door shallowly creaked open and her wide brown eyes crinkled at the sides as she smiled up at me and bit her lower lip. A laugh down the hall pulls both of our attentions that direction before Ochako widely opens her door and grasps the front of my shirt, yanking me inside. I grunt as I try my hardest not to knock any of the things I brought against the door frame. Cheeks quietly closes the door then listens for a few moments before taking a deep breath and turning to face me, her brows immediately scrunch. "Why-?" I've already set my toolbox down and removed one gauntlet before I cut her off, "Well I figured you've been studying your ass off all week and could use a break." 

Those eyebrows sewn in confusion still remain, so I sigh and set my other gauntlet on her plain rug and wander over. Running my hands up her arms in electrifying, especially since all she's wearing is a black tank top and some thick purple sleep shorts cut just below her perfect rump. "When I'm feeling overwhelmed or I've got too much on my mind I take my gauntlets apart, clean everything, then put it back together. I don't know why but it helps calm me down and I'm more focused when it's done." Her eyes had softened as I explained, her pink lips turned up slightly at the corners, "So you want me to watch you work?" The urge to kiss her raw has never been so strong, I give her shoulders that I had been holding onto a small squeeze before I turn around and pick up one of the grenade shaped hero accessories and hand it to her, "Nah cheeks. you're gonna do it."