Dancing Shadows

Chapter Forty-Five

Ellowyn's POV-
After I explain my situation with Katsuki to Todoroki and Midoriya, Todo says, "Izuku was nervous at first. Babe, how did you get over it?"

He blushes before saying, "Well, I was mostly just worried that I wouldn't be good enough. So I didn't really get over it until I just did it. It helped that we were both, um, involved. It put less pressure on me."

"Well, I'm not really worried about being good at doing. Apparently, I'm a natural. I'm more nervous about receiving."

"That makes sense. I still think that Izuku's advice is something to consider. Doing something that involves both of you orgasming might help because you'll be too preoccupied with Bakugou to worry about yourself."

"It's not just that. I'm also really anxious about him touching me. I don't want to freak out and ruin everything."

"You have to tell him that so you can set boundaries." Deku says.

"I don't want to hurt his feelings."

"His feelings will be way more hurt if you just never communicate how you're feeling with him. You have to tell him."

"And," Todo adds, "If you aren't ready for him to touch you yet, you could always suggest masturbating."

I feel my face heat up as I ask, "What do you mean?"

"Both of you could masturbate in front of each other at the same time. It's a baby step. Next time you could try actually letting him touch you."

Despite feeling deeply embarrassed, I say, "That's actually a great idea, Todo. Thank you. I'll talk to him tomorrow and make everything right."

...

After hanging out with Todo and Midoriya for a few more hours, I head back to my room. Just when I'm about to lay down and go to sleep, I get a text from Katsuki asking to come over. I reply sure and within a few minutes I hear a knock at my door.

I let him in and I can immediately tell that he's here to talk about how I've been avoiding him. We sit down on my bed and he starts speaking. "Hey."

I smile as his attempt at softness. "Hey."

It's quiet for a moment until he finally decides to rip the bandaid off. "Why have you been avoiding me? You won't let me touch you."

...

Bakugou's POV:
I listen closely as Cherry quietly says, "I'm nervous. I was worried I would freak out. Like I did last time you touched me in a more intimate way. I don't want to have a breakdown and ruin it."

I let out a sigh of relief. I was still worried that she honestly might not like me, despite Shitty Hair literally telling me exactly what she just said. "You won't ruin anything. If you need to take things slow, that's completely okay. We'll set up a system and stop if we need to."

She tilts her head curiously. "A system?"

"Yeah. We can set up safe words and some boundaries."

"Okay. So where do we start?"

"Well, we can start with safe words. Basically, we have words that we say to let us know how things are going while having sex. We can use the color system, which is where either of us can check in with the other by asking for their color. If you say green, you're okay to keep going. Yellow means that you need to slow down or change something. And red is a complete stop."

"That makes sense. I'm okay with that. What next?"

"Boundaries. We need to talk about the things we like and don't like. What are some things that you absolutely don't want during sex?"