Bakugou hid behind his Caregiver in the elevator, firmly holding onto Spike with one arm and the other linked into Kiri's.
He was scared of leaving his room like this. The whole class knows he's a Little now and there's nothing he can do about it.
At the very least, he wishes the class could've found out in a better way and by Bakugou's choice. Though, honestly, it he had to choose, he'd choose to keep it a secret until the day he dies.
So much for his tough guy persona and off-putting personality. Now whenever he yells or blows up at a classmate, they'll think he's throwing a little tantrum.
It's just not fair that he has to be tiny and helpless while everyone else gets to be strong grown-ups all the time.
Not fair one bit.
But, of course, Bakugou was far too little to be thinking all that stuff right now. The only thing going through his head was;
'Kat bad, everybody mad at him. Everybody thinks Kat is dumb and weak.'
Kiri turned to give Bakugou a gentle kiss on the forehead.
"Don't worry, bud, nobody is gonna like you any less because you're little." Kiri assured him.
"Bu' 'm bad." Bakugou mumbled.
"You're not bad, you're just still learning, okay? Now turn that frown upside down because it's pizza night!" Kiri said, smiling ear to ear.
The gesture made Bakugou crack a bit of a smile too. Smiles are very infectious, you know, especially when it comes from someone you care about a whole lot.
The elevator door opened and the two strolled out.
Upon seeing the entire class mingling in the common area, the breath was sucked out of Bakugou's lungs.
He was scared.
Really scared.
They were gonna tease and laugh and call him a baby. They were gonna tell him about how a Little couldn't be a real hero.
They hate him.
They hate him
They hate him.
Bakugou buried his face in Kiri's back and cried.
"Hey, hey, Kat, it's okay." Came a soothing voice along with warm arms wrapping around him, "I know you're scared, baby, but it's okay! I'm right here with you and won't let anything bad happen!" Kiri continued quietly, beginning to rub circles in the Little's back.
Bakugou sniffled and nodded a little.
Kiri stayed hugging him until the sobs came to an end. He would've never guessed this is what Bakugou was like as a Little. But also, this was very early on Little Bakugou's journey so he's bound to get more confident in his headspace soon. It'll just take time and Kirishima is more than happy to help.
Baby steps, though. Baby steps.
"Now let's go grab some pizza before it's all gone! They got spicy sausage with jalapeño for you!" Kiri said. It immediately caught Bakugou's attention, with the boy raising his head up to look over Kiri's shoulder at the table with all the pizza.
"Dey go' spicy sass-ag an hall-pino fo' me??" He repeated, or at least tried to.
"Yeah! Come on," Kiri pulled him over to the table, grabbing two plates. He loaded his own up with three slices of meat-lovers and one slice of spicy sausage with jalapeño for Bakugou.
This got the redhead an angry pout from the blonde.
"If you're still hungry for another slice, we can come get seconds. I don't want you getting a tummy ache." Kiri told him. Bakugou wasn't quite satisfied with that answer but nevertheless followed Kiri over to a couch.
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Fine! I'll Be Little
Fanfiction(Classification AU) Kirishima and Bakugou are going on a fun date to a special exhibit at the local museum. There's only one problem...Kirishima accidentally bought one normal ticket and one Little ticket. So someone needs to act like a little to ge...
