Remember (Todobaku)

Chapter Forty-Two

As Bakugo went through his mega healing process, his friends watched him become more himself over time.

Kirishima in particular noticed the care Bakugo was taking for himself and the red head was absolutely over the moon for best friend.

Once he noticed, a couple of days later, Kaminari hopped over him and asked if he noticed, too.

Kirishima obviously loved talking about how great Bakugo is. That's his best friend right there. Of course he'd want to talk about how he's been taking care of himself more than ever.

He's not isolating himself as much, but he does step back when he notices himself getting overwhelmed.

It's a huge step forward.

By the second week, Mina, Sero, Jiro, and Shinso have brought up the change with Kirishima.

It's amazing.

Bakugo goes up to Kirishima first.

The red head had decided to let the blond approach him in fear of Bakugo pushing him away or isolating himself again.

It came during the third week.

A knock on his door at seven on a Saturday was not really surprising. It was surprising to see his best friend at his door, a bag of spicy chips and a bag of cookies.

"Can I come in?" Bakugo asks after the red head doesn't say anything.

Startled back into reality, Kirishima rushes him inside, excited.

"Bakugo, man. We haven't hung out in a while."

The blond hums in agreement, not really sure what to day to that.

When Kirishima turns around after closing the door, the blond is seated on the floor at Kirishima's desk, opening the bag of spicy chips and also the cookies.

Kirishima was happy that the blond also brought something for him to snack on because Bakugo didn't really eat, so the fact that he's eating snacks now makes the red head happy.

Bakugo just starts muching on them, motioning for Kirishima to sit down.

He does, immediately.

"What's up?" He asks.

Bakugo pushes the cookies towards his friend, and Kirishima smiles, thanking the blond for them.

"I've been doing a lot of shit," Bakugo starts, taking a deep breath.

Kirishima tries not to look at Bakugo while he talks to help with the anxiety, so he focuses on the cookies.

"Oh, what kind of stuff have you been up to?"

"Therapy and trying to get better. It's a long process. I've been putting so much into this shit and school, I haven't really found time for other people and that's shitty of me. You're my best friend, so I thought we should hang out and I'd tell you what the fuck was going on if you wanted or whatever," he says, fiddling with his fingers.

Kirishima smiles, waving off the worry.

"Aw man, that's so great man. Don't worry about other things too much. You should focus on you right now. It's great to see you feeling good. I'm excited for you. I'd love to hear about what you've been doing," the red head says before munching on a cookie.

It's a warm cookie and it crunches nicely.

"Did you just make these?" Kirishima questions.

"Yeah," Bakugo answers about the cookies.