Three "best friends"

33: What are we?

"What are we?" Todoroki asked. The two looked at him confused. They were walking to the dorms from school. The boy was in the middle of the two, looking down at the floor as he walked. It was two days since Bakugo had kissed him.

"What do you mean?" Kirishima asked. They kept on walking. The red head was slightly confused, as so was Bakugo. Todoroki wanted to explain but didn't know how to. He opened his mouth slightly but nothing came out at first.

"You know.. about.." Todoroki hesitated. How was he supposed to ask them it? It was simple. Were they dating? If not then why the fuck kiss him in the first place? Kirishima did it for a dare but Bakugo wanted to do it. The two looked at him before stopping in there tracks, Todoroki did the same but he didn't look at them. The two exchanged glances before looking at the boy. "I don't know.." Todoroki mumbled. He looked at the floor with his fist slightly balled before relaxing them. He began to walk ahead before being stopped.

"Wait.." Kirishima grabbed his wrist gently before moving down to his hand. This made butterflies flutter around his stomach. He turned around and looked at the red head. "Do you wanna explain what you mean?" Todoroki looked away.

"It's nothing.." It wasn't nothing, it kinda meant everything to Todoroki but how was he supposed to ask them. He was terrible at showing emotions. They have been friends for so long, some times the way they act and do to him made him think they were something else besides friends.. or was that what friends do? How was he supposed to know? He's never had many friends growing up. Thoughts began to race through the boy's head, Kirishima noticed and looked at Bakugo for guidance. The blonde shrugged at first before sighing, he nodded.

"We'll talk about it inside my dorm, okay?" Kirishima gently said. Todoroki nodded. They all continued there walk to the dorms. It was slightly uncomfortable silence mixed with peaceful silence. It was kinda confusing of what kind of silence it was. They reached the red-haired dorm and opened the door, Bakugo was the first to go inside, along with Todoroki and Kirishima.

"Okay, you ready to tell what you mean?" Bakugo mumbled, sitting on the bed while the boy was next to him. Todoroki began to fidget with his hands as his eyes flickering around the room. How was he supposed to ask them? What if they say no? Tears started pickering around his eyes. Why was he about to cry? He looked down, his bangs covering his eyes as he fiddled with his hands. The blonde took noticed and signaled Kirishima to see. The red head went down on his knees and put his hands on top of the smaller's legs. Todoroki looked to the side, avoiding eye contact at all cost.

"What's wrong?" Kirishima asked, he brought his hand to his cheek, surprised to feel a tear fall down.
Why was he crying? He wasn't hurt or anything..

How are you supposed to ask someone about their feelings if you can't even understand yours?

Just relax. He kept telling himself that. Kirishima had a small frown as he cupped his cheeks. He made the boy look at him and seen glossy eyes. Bakugo scooted over and looked over to see the boy.
Damn it.. this wasn't supposed to happen. He moved away from Kirishima's hands and let out a shaky sigh. He waited a second to collect himself before finally talking.

"I'm confused on what are we." Todoroki blurred out. The two boy were slightly taken back but didn't show it. Todoroki wasn't looking at any of them and instead looking down at his laps as he continued to fiddle with his hands.

"What do you mean?" Kirishima asked. He tilted his head softly to the side. There was butterflies in his stomach again. That. That feeling I get whenever you do something like that. Todoroki mentally said to himself. His face began to heat up.

"I mean- you guys- the way you act- and the way you.." Todoroki mumbled. Bakugo widen his eyes slightly before a smirk crawled on his lips.

"Well that took a lot of turns." He let out a deep chuckle. The two looked at him, mentally saying that wasn't helping. "Just take a deep breath and think about the words you wanna say." Bakugo, surprisingly, reassured. The boy sighed and looked down. His right leg began to bounce, Kirishima took notice and began to rub his thumb over his knee, trying to calm him down. The boy sighed again before answering.

"Are we friends or something more?" Todoroki mumbled. He sorta blurted that out, again. The two flinched and didn't bother hiding it. The smaller bit his lip as he took noticed of their reaction. The two exchanged a glance, as so were words. "It's just that, you've guys been acting...different towards me.. and I don't know what that means." Todoroki muttered. Again none of the two answered. It was painfully quiet.

"Todoroki." The boy looked up at the call of his name. He hummed at Kirishima. "Do you li.." He was gonna continue but stopped. Bakugo gave a look to the red head as he waited to see what he was gonna say. Damn. This was hard for all of them. "Do you get this butterfly feeling in your stomach when your with us?" Kirishima asked. Todoroki nodded as his face began to heat up. What did that have to do with anything? Bakugo turned his head to the side and smiled big, very happy. That was all the evidence they needed to make sure they wouldn't say anything fucked up.

"Shoto." The smaller looked at the blonde. Bakugo took a glance at Kirishima who had red cheeks. He nodded. "Do you like us?" He asked softly/gently. Todoroki blushed. He could easily answer but he was afraid of what their reaction would be. He bit his lip as he looked down at his lap again.

"Yes.." He said, barely above a whisper, barely audible. They both smiled big before looking at each other. Todoroki didn't bother to look up. They probably thought he was disgusting now-

"Shoto..." Kirishima gently smiled at him with a red face, Todoroki looked at him. "Will you be our boyfriend?" Kirishima smiled, heart warming. Todoroki took a second before nodding. Kirishima couldn't hold it in anymore and began to screaming after he pulled Todoroki into a hug. Bakugo smiled softly as he didn't bother to take the red head grip off the boy. Todoroki eventually hugged back and let some tears fall into the taller's shoulder. Soon Bakugo wanted some attention and pulled Todoroki out of the hug just to give him a hug of his own.

"You have no idea how long we planned to ask you that.." Bakugo squeezed him slightly tighter than Kirishima but that didn't mind him, he enjoyed it. He hugged back. He was finally with them. Kirishima hugged him from behind, making the two of them sandwiching the boy.

This answered everything Todoroki was confused about.

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