In Bloom (Reader x Bakugou Katsuki fic)

Bakugou Wants to Fight

Bakugou glared at the girl standing in the front of the classroom.

"Oh, uh- I'm y/n. I moved..."

If he could create explosions through a look you would have been long dead. y/n, why did that name sound so familiar? He racked his brain trying to remember where he'd heard it before. Thinking back to when you'd bumped into him earlier that day. Which, why the fuck did he remember that.

Even he could see how much he'd grown from the snot-nosed brat he had been a year ago but was he so changed that he was gonna start remembering every shitty extra he saw now. No way in hell.

He watched you closely as his classmates started yelling questions.

"What's your quirk?" He heard, the shitty nerd Deku ask.

He rolled his eyes, because of course that would be the first fucking question out of his mouth, then a thought struck him. Her quirk must have something to do with why I remember her. Does it just make her name or something stick in people's heads? That would be the shitiest hero quirk ever.

He watched, eyes narrowed, as you passed his desk walking to your new seat at the back of the room.

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"What's the fucking newbie doing here?" Bakugou asked, not wanting to admit he actually remembered your name. Not that he was really surprised you were sitting at his table. Kirishima had to be one of the most annoyingly friendly people to ever exist.

"Same as you I expect."

Okay, that took him by surprise. So you got snark, huh.

"C'mon man," Kirishima chastised him.

He just rolled his eyes in response. If you couldn't take one question you shouldn't be sitting at his table.

"Don't worry about Bakugou, he's just a grumpy old man," Pinky explained to you.

Bakugou scowled at her but at this point, he was fairly used to all their teasing. It had once been a surprise and had bothered him immensely, now it was just a minor nuisance. "I'm not a fuckin' old man."

"Didn't argue the grumpy part." Sparky grinned at him.

He just grunted and started eating.

"He's becoming self-aware," Kaminari continued. Overdramatic per usual.

Bakugou had the thought of pushing him out of his seat but figured it wouldn't be worth the effort as he listened to the conversation.

A.S.H. huh. That was maybe a little impressive.

"Woah, so you must be really talented. What's your quirk?" Kirishima asked.

That piqued his interest. Maybe he'd finally get an explanation for why he remembered you or where he knew your name from. He glanced up at you curiously before looking right back at his food.

"I can control plants. Well, it's a little more complex than that but that's the easiest way to explain it," you responded.

He furrowed his brow. That didn't explain jack shit. It made no sense a quirk like that would have no reason to make him remember you. There had to be more to it.

"Sounds lame as shit." He glared at you, expecting you to defend yourself by explaining your quirk more so he could get answers.

"Excuse me?" You looked taken aback.

"You heard me." He looked back at his food. Whatever, you would just be another stepping stone on his way to being the number one hero whether he remembered you or not.